On 4/28/05, My List Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All i can say is Linux is already difficult to learn for newbies > and by having an invite system or merit system to become a member > of plug, it will only hinder these newbies to know more about linux.
One thing I can say is that there's a logical loophole I couldn't really comprehend: why you insist that since Linux is already hard to learn + a merit system for membership = makes learning harder for newbies. Logically it really doesn't make sense or soundness, symbolically or otherwise. As a newbie, you don't need to be a member of PLUG if you want to learn Linux. You don't even need to be a member to even get information - heck anyone can subscribe to the mailing lists and ask. You don't even get restricted in attending tech seminars if you aren't a member. Learning Linux is tangent to membership in PLUG. Learning Linux an individual process one elects to do - if you want to learn exert the effort to do so as no one would spoonfeed the knowhow to you. Once someone steps up from being merely a recipient of information to becoming someone who'd be willing to give his time and effort to help others then one already does one step to becoming qualified for membership to PLUG. PLUG is a volunteer organization, and as such, relies on the collective will of volunteers to drive its goals of propagating the use of Linux and open source. To ensure that this would be possible - it is necessary that the organization recognize volunteer effort. This volunteer effort cannot be one way - it has to flow both ways. A volunteer cannot merely seek to learn - but must show effort to share time and energy in propagating the knowledge learned to other people. This spirit of sustaining volunteerism is what PLUG seeks in members. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
