At 11:30 AM 7/9/02, you wrote: >CLUE will require a funding model. Here's some possible sources: > >1. Membership fees. Note that this idea had been dismissed in the past as >some LUGs currently already have membership fees. There was a fear that >CLUE would cut into the LUGs money.
I would suggest if we do a SIG/Professional Organization that some fees be charged for members. It's a pretty standard practise. >2. LPI Certification affiliate. > >I don't know all the details of this one yet, but essentially we promote the >LPI Certification and they give us money. See >http://www.lpi.org/affiliate_policy.txt >3. Corporate sponsorship > >Not sure how wise this is, or even if it's allowed in the by-laws, but it's >one possible route. I figure if the Debian group can take a donation from >Lindows.com without compromise, then surely we can figure out how to do the >same. If the by-laws are such then we would want to reform the organization. Since it is going to be important to know the by-laws maybe some one should dig them up and post them on the web or to the list. -- Mark Lane Hard Data Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com/ --> Ask me about our Affordable Alpha Systems! <--
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