On 1/31/06, Dominique Cimafranca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all, > > Thought I'd spin off this thread from earlier discussions regarding more > Linux articles and getting them published in the mainstream. It's nice to > see that some people have also come out and volunteered. Seeing as how a > large number of PLUG members are also bloggers, this shouldn't be a hard > task. > > I guess what I'd like to see in this space is some concerted effort at > penetrating local media. Not just web publication, mind you, but actual > print. And I would like to see the writers get paid for their work. It's > not about the money, it's the principle of the thing. >
I understand your point =) (Maybe it's because I write too?=) ) > So, first question: Can someone point us out to contact people in local > publications who can help us get published in the mainstream and pay the > writers a fair amount? > Let me ask Peachy Limpin and Erwin Oliva. Well, I will try my hand at asking the editor on K-zone if they are interested in having a section for kids that talk about f/oss =) (I hope they would!) Peachy already has a column on MB. Romel Feria already writes on MB too so I am not sure how this would be... I guess we could ask them for contacts etc. Or whatever. > Other issues would be: who the volunteers are going to be (Gary Mercado and > I have already volunteered. Any other takers? Clair? Sacha?); what the > topics will be (condensing some of the issues in the PLUG mailing list into > articles would be a good start). > Taker - me =) > We can tackle those later; but I need pointers on the most pressing issue > above. > > -- > Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca > villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com > Dumaguete City > _________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Clair Ching http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany http://pinoytechblog.com - the Philippines' premier technology blog http://freelance-pro.info - all about freelancing We know that free access to information preserves democratic ideas, that information resources must be managed with care, and that the human spirit depends upon remembering the past, sharing the present in community, and dreaming about the future. -Martha Smith (Information ethics: freedom, democracy, responsibility.) _________________________________________________ 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
