OCLUG gave NCF $4247.90 -- and now the NCF wants to charge _every member_
of a low-volume mailing list $12/year? Yes, I'd call it an obstacle, both
the cost for some & the PITA for anyone who doesn't need to be an NCF
member.
Imagine trying to get anyone new involved in OCLUG -- "BTW, it will cost
you $12/year to get meeting notices and take part in discussions."
Surely there's a better solution that this.
Alayne
On Sat, 5 Aug 2023, J C Nash wrote:
With declining participation and willingness to serve on the Board,
Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group, an Ontario not-for-profit corporation
was dissolved on April 14, 2023 upon a vote of just 16 members (1 more
than our quorum). Our monies ($4247.90) were donated to National Capital
Freenet, which was deemed an organization that had similar goals and
interests. The abbreviation OCLUG will be used for the corporation.
[...]
Caveats:
It could be that the mailing list and discussion groups would only be
available to registered NCF "members". However, NCF will give an email
(which likely constitutes being a member) at a suggested donation of
$1 / month. NCF does, of course, also act as an ISP and offers various
network option. Several of us are already members/subscribers. If the
NCF involvement with Linux flourishes, I suspect the $1 / month level
of contribution is not an obstacle.
[...]
--
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca
The shyness is not unusual. If you weren't quiet, you wouldn't have so
desperately searched for a way to speak. The reason you have so desperately
pursued your work and your language and your voice is because you haven't had
one. - Bruce Springsteen, in _Renegades_
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