Hello all, I agree with Alayne, this: "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."
Is not going to work. Personally, I would like to be involved in a Board for a Linux/Unix user group - I cannot dedicate myself to Linux or the GPL for various reasons. I would, however, support an Ottawa/Gatineau/NCR Unix Users Group, or reviving the (http://www.ocuug.on.ca/). If anyone is currently working on this, please reach out to me! Sincerely, Katie ________________________________ From: ala...@twobikes.ottawa.on.ca <ala...@twobikes.ottawa.on.ca> Sent: 05 August 2023 13:36 To: Linux-Ottawa <linux@linux-ottawa.org> Subject: Re: [linux] Linux-Ottawa / NCF collaboration Attention : courriel externe | external email 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_ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
