I think there is a bigger question to ask here. Back in the day, when linux was new, and not even considered a serious solution by the majority of the IT community, PLUG had a serious role - to evangelize, and to mentor people into adopting and using Linux and Open Source.
Nowadays, Linux is in the mainstream, although not 100% there yet, the situation differs a lot from before. People actively now consider Linux as a viable alternative to commercial software, more importantly, the pressure of modern day economics coupled with the track record of Linux force people to, at the very least consider it. In this light i think the reason for the lack of interest in re-organizing PLUG is because it remains stuck in past issues which have long been resolved. What is needed is a new more relevant mission to rally the troops back into the org. A unifying theme. Is there any? If there is, i'd suggest that there to be a discussion first about it, before we go into more activities aimed at organization. Ian On 10/29/07, Marvin Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear concerned PLUGgers, > > As many of you have noticed, PLUG wasn't able to conduct any > organizational event, nor sponsor anyone, for the past 12 months. With > the officers and the Board of Directors only having one fiscal year to > govern as per our constitution, the board has been effectively vacated > as of the first week of December 2006. > > As per Article VIII: Board of Directors of the PLUG Constitution, > second paragraph states: > > "The board of directors shall be elected during the general assembly > on the 2nd week of October and shall serve for one (1) fiscal year. > The newly elected board shall effectively start their term of service > on the 1st week of December after a two-month transition from the > outgoing board of directors of the previous fiscal year, and shall end > on the 1st week of December of the next year." > > And as per the 6th paragraph of the said article of the PLUG Constitution > says: > > "In the event that the entire board of directors be vacated, the > remaining members of PLUG shall reconvene via a general assembly to > elect new board members to replace the vacated board in the manner > prescribed for elections during general assemblies." > > Technically, all of the board members of last year are effectively > vacated due to this provision, and as of now PLUG has no governing > body that can sanction PLUG activities. However, PLUG can't go on like > this as this would be a disservice to the community it has been > committed to empower. > > I'm personally appealing to all if we can proceed with nominating and > electing new board members. While a few of us can make arrangements > for possible venues, we will need your cooperation in planning for a > General Assembly and election of the Board of Directors and its > officers. > > FYI, our registration to the SEC is about to cease already. If we > don't act on this, what will be the future of PLUG then? Will it just > remain as a mailing list only? Unless that PLUG will have a set of > officers and Board of Directors and at least 30 members of good > standing, the issue with SEC will not be resolve. > > Marvin > _________________________________________________ > 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 > _________________________________________________ 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
