Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sabi ni PG-13 noong Nov 4, 2007 5:08 AM: > > Carlos Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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'm pretty sure the members of the BMW club are all > > multimillionaires. I'm not sure about PLUG. Also the BMW club > > isn't an advocacy group. The target of the BMW club is limited > > to the members. This differs from PLUG whose goal if I'm not > > mistaken is to spread knowledge or advocate Linux and other free > > and open source software to other people. > > Regardless, the BMW Club *can* serve as a model. Obviously, PLUG can't > charge the same membership fees, but the important thing is to fund > activities to give the members their money's worth.
It depends on what PLUG wants to focus on. If it's purely technical then membership fees maybe enough. Maybe this mailing list is enough. However if the focus is on the promotion of Linux then it might be better to adapt the NGO model where a significant part of the operating expenses is done through fund-raising activities or contributions by non-members. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ 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
