If, and when, PLUG (the organization) gets revived, this should be the first order of business: to get membership and funding. I would imagine the first people who attend the meetups would be the ones up for election.
We can start with the SEC registration concerns. Where is it? Gary has a copy (in PDF). I'm willing to help in this area. --- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Marvin Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 0:06:29 > Subject: Re: [plug] Phil IT Expo Ex Deal > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Holden Hao wrote: > >>> Bluepoint is a non profit educational foundation > >> > >> But the people of Bluepoint are getting paid on what they do. Unlike > >> in PLUG, we are not paid of what we do. > > > > Nevertheless, PLUG should have a viable business strategy to sustain > > itself. Volunteerism is good but it is not sustainable in the long > > run. If you look at most NGOs, the good ones that have been in > > existence for a long time, all operate with a viable business model. > > Some depend on donations. That is their business model. > > > > Our organization must have one as well. We have tried pure > > volunteerism and it does not work. At the very least we need funds to > > sustain a small set of employees that can do the leg work for whatever > > projects that we embark on. > > Well, that's a good point to consider. But, the main problem of PLUG > is that, it doesn't have members in good standing to count on. My > contention is: the people on this list are not members of PLUG > (including me) rather members of the PLUG mailing list. Perchance, an > organization without any member is not an organization at all. > Subscribing to the fact that, organization is an aggregation of > different individuals. I don't even know if PLUG is still registered > to the SEC. > > Now, this is where my dilemma bites, how can we start thinking on the > financial sustainability of PLUG if there are no members of good > standing and officers that are conventionally elected. Who will stand > up to fight or continue for its financial sustainability? Who will > handle the fruits/money on the aftermath of the said event if that's > the case? This is not a matter of delegation but an 'obligation' of a > cause. That is, if we want to uplift this as a credible organization. > > For this reason, may I suggest that there will be members and officers > of PLUG. It will be a challenge then to the new officers to amend its > constitution and by-laws to state on how the organization can sustain > itself financially and give some amount of money to people who really > work for the organization. > > Marvin > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
