I apologize if I am speaking out of place, but I'd like if I may to share my two cents worth.
I had always been curious what PLUG's mandate was, and I remember (sort of) asking active members what it was. Obviously it had always been to educate and spread Linux love, but as per the specifics I had always felt it was rather vague on that. I agree with Ian Sison re the need to review what PLUG's mission is. If in fact PLUG's mission is redundant, or that it has managed to serve its purpose, there shouldn't be any problem rescinding it. If however as rpf list says there is a greater call for it, then the hows and whys of that should be established as well. If if PLUG is to continue, I would like to suggest that it list specifics of what it's mission is, and a step by step path towards achieving it. Again I think I'm being bold saying this, having had little to do with PLUG ever, but when I read Martin's post I realized this is the best time to say it. thanks guys Gary On 10/29/07, rpf list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think PLUG still has the same goal -- educating users about Linux. > Whilst we think that PLUG has done something about this already but I > honestly think that we can do more. Actually, I think PLUG has a > greater call now that people are familiar with Linux. > > On Oct 29, 2007, at 4:32 PM, ian sison (mailing list) wrote: > > > 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 > > _________________________________________________ > 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 > -- http://kikay.exchange.ph http://mom.exchange.ph http://movie.exchange.ph http://basketball.exchange.ph ======================= Make life easier for Webmasters! http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994
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