Ariz Jacinto wrote:
funding would follow if any organization have a clear mission/roadmap
that other individuals/organizations believes in and might support.
I agree. We are all passionate about FOSS and Linux and there seems to
be enough people in PLUG to generate funding. Personally, I wouldn't
mind paying an annual membership fee to join PLUG as long as the
activities are interesting. Speakers, writers, tech materials etc...,
can be funded, first and foremost by members, and secondary through
sponsorship.
Check out the BMW club of the Philippines:
http://p196.ezboard.com/bbmwclubph. The membership fee alone is enough
to sustain it. The activities are the right fit for Bimmer aficionados
which is why they don't mind paying the annual fee.
I also recall, in the early nineties, paying for membership (20 USD
annually) to join the C++ SIG (special interest groups) in New York. We
would get together one evening a week for a lecture or tutorial
session. The venue was sponsored by NYU/Columbia etc..., while
materials were paid for from the membership fee. Walk-ins would only
have to pay 5 dollars to attend any session they were interested in.
The only thing members had to pay additional for was beers after each
lecture. It was around the time when the C++ standards were being
finalized and the C++ SIG would invite commercial software developers,
hackers and compiler designers who were also part of the C++
standardization board. It was well worth the 20 bucks I shelled out.
Most of the time, you really do get what you pay for. Funding from
membership fees will allow PLUG to pay the fair rate for the best
FOSS/Linux people to generate interesting and relevant activities.
On Oct 30, 2007 6:39 PM, Holden Hao < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
... But I am in the opinion that they should be given honorariums
just like in the
corporate world. However, that is a different matter and not in the
best interest of PLUG right now. It can be an option in the future
though. What I suggested was that the staff working for the
organization be paid staff and that includes an executive director.
.....
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