On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, vic ser wrote: > It's still a honeymoon period and DG Gonzales is still > new to the job and has to review all ongoing > activities and projects the NCC has so he can chart > future directions. So it's still an early thing to > make our own conclusions. > > Going over the news report (i know that it has > generated negative comments from the various linux and > open source newslinks worlwide). I take it that DG > Gonzales is taking it seriously and wants a further > study of the policies generated, if there were. > > We as a community should welcome this positively. We > should be ready to help out like giving NCC the > resources such as papers and case studies so they can > come out with a proper whitepaper, guidelines, and > even a concrete policy they can have tabled with the > ITECC or for the future DICT if it comes into > fruition. > > It is to my understanding that the proposed policy > framework we have made for the GA was already > forwarded to the NCC standards group. > > We have Ruby here in the list who can gather all > information that the standards group may need. Let's > help out, and as a community, it is also our > responsibility to help in generating awareness and > understanding about open source and we better make > sure that the new NCC DG knows this so he'll know that > he can rely on, and cooperate with, the open source > community. > > We should be prolific in proving our case through > documentation, articles, and case studies that we have > made here in the country. It will help pushing our > cause further. > > Let's make a public announcement of understanding for > now and that we're willing to give a helping hand to > the NCC standards group. I hope you're getting this > Manny Amador, and furthermore, we need to release the > outcome of last GA's for the media to put out. > > I think we better setup a CMS for the Open Minds web > site so we'll have an easier updating for public > consumption. How about using postnuke or phpnuke? > > Vic >
Sure. What's more secure, and would it be more effective for our movement if we had one ? Methinks we should focus more on active lobbying to get our message across - more political legwork on all fronts. -- FLIP MAGAZINE, GLOBE QUEST and MOSSIMO bring to you: "New Worlds" - The 1st Phil. Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention March 12, 2003, Premiere THX Theater Complex For more information, visit http://www.newworlds.tk _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
