On 4/28/05, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/28/05, Anuerin Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > > > PLUG, the organization, is a non-profit organization. membership > > should not bring you tangible benefits, > > I beg to differ: being a member is in itself an advertisement for the > "cause" that you indeed belong to a group that advocates FOSS, thereby > transferring some of the org's karma down to the members. *That's* the > most tangible benefit I can think of. But of course, the (draft) > guidelines ensure that only those who are really contributing or are > willing to contribute become members -- not those who just want to add > PLUG membership to their roster of so-called "achievements". >
hehehe, karma is intagible (but what do i know? :) so i still say its the giddy feeling (tm). > > the giddy feeling > > Brrr... I can feel it. ;) Makes me warm all over. :D > <snip> > > > > > i dont know if i am making my point clear, but again the above > > statements are my opinion only. > > Perhaps, Erin, you should start prefacing *all* your posts of this > kind with a disclaimer. ;) <snip> :) i hope not because everytime i put one of those i feel im insulting somebody's intelligence. but since this is an organizational issue that i am not sanctioned to speak for then i would continue on putting that disclaimer as i deem necessary so everything is in black and white. im going to follow my father's advice on stop banking on common sense because it is not as common as we think it is. everything is relative. and generalizations are dangerous. hehehehe. ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php _________________________________________________ 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
