Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Robin Chatterjee wrote: > > > sorry it's o'reilly by alessandro rubini 210 rupees, > > available from millenium bookstore ...there was some > > special discount for ilug members ...don't know if > > that still applies - comments indra ? > > Well I'm yet to take up the matter with Mrs. Aban Desai of Millenium. > Yes, the special discount offer still stands... But how do you suggest we > work it out?? I mean do you just go to the bookshop and say that you > are a member of ILUG-Cal and they give you a special discount??? > > So what do you suggest we do?? Lets hear from you all who are interested > to get a special discount on the books. > I donot understand this after reading the other mails in this thread. Let me explain: Becoming a member of LUG should be free. That has been the philosophy of Linux/OSS. Anybody can join and leave it at his will after serving his responsibilities. If you start taking annual membership fees (be it Rs 10), you will loose members not because of money but because of politics and this is espacially true in Bengal. (Note: money for refreshments is different thing, not fees). The above implies everybody should be able to get discounts on books if the bookshop is giving one. You cannot separate out the people who are members from ones who are not. The logistics will not be easy as has been pointed out in another mail. My solution: why don't you persuade this bookshop to give discounts on Linux/OSS books to everybody LUG member or not. By this we will have more people moving to Linux and overall it will have more of an equalizing effect instead of separating people into groups. -swaps ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
