Sammy, Point well taken. :D
I do support whoever sits on the Board and I have full confidence in these people -- at least those people I know personally and those I frequently 'see' on the list. Di ko na kilala yung iba, eh. Haven't heard of them. Anyway, I am sure that they will be doing a great job - heck, I am part of one of their projects, right Marvin? :) Sana lang di mawala yung recognition of those who started it all. :D Cheers! On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:59:11 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rommel, > > Since the legal stuff have been defined, I guess all of us should abide > by the laws unless the board accommodates your proposal. We don't want > to do things that MIGHT set a precedent that we'll later regret. At > this point, all we can do is suggest/propose. We're dealing with a > legal entity now. Things were different 10 years ago...or is that 11? > > We should also give the board (current and previous ones) and all linux > supporters credit (and best wishes) for moving plug to newer heights. > We have a long way to go. > > Let's not start a revolution. We have enough of that in the > senate/congress. :( > Let's just follow what the board decides for now. Personally, I don't > care who sits on the board or who comprises the advisory board (if there > is). What's important to me is that people/companies benefit from > linux. Our economy is in deep s**t. Board members will change. PLUG > Members will change. > > ==================== > > Xenos, are you still listed here? <ping!> > > =================================== > > On another matter, I'm surprised to know that there are a number of > local distros available. Why not build one philippine distro? Could > bayanihan linux be that "one"? I hope we can get our acts together. > After all, we all want linux to be well used. Or maybe choose an > existing distro (mandrake, RH, whatever), and build customizations, more > tools, et al. Maybe this is something that the board and the local > linux community can think about...and act on. I hope the board can > spearhead this. > > ==================================== > > Paolo, Marvin, > thanks for posting those details. It's a good update for everyone. > It's good to see questions popping up about membership and stuff. We'll > all wait for the procedures and forms. > > So, is there an advisory board? If not, the board might want to assess > if there's a need for it...and define the term, objectives/expectations, > et al. > > Now that we're discussing all these, maybe you can inform us as to who > the board members are, what are the plans for the coming year, how many > members there are, how many we are in this mailing list... I guess this > is a way to promote the membership. > > Sammy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rommel Feria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:08 PM > To: Paolo Alexis Falcone; Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [plug] Proceedings of the PLUG General Assembly, 18 > December 2004 > > There mere fact that we founded the organization must account to > something - even if we decide, later on, to be non-active members. > Please give due respect to those who started it all. > > I mean, Kelsey is busy with his SM conglomerate (hehehe), Doc Mana is > busy training students, Eric is busy maintaining UPM's IT infrastructure > the same way that Sammy and I are doing our jobs. Do > *NOT* penalize us for being busy -- besides, we do monitor the list > still! > > The Constitution must also allow the Board to recommend other people to > be awarded with lifetime memberships - such as Migs Paras, who did a > very good job whilst he was president. However, these nominations must > be approved by the GA. > > > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:42:03 +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:45:45 +0800, Rommel Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Lifetime membership only applies to individuals. I do not think that > > > > it is appropriate to have institutions as lifetime members. I mean, > > > 10 years down the road, UP may dump Linux (heaven forbid!) in favor > > > of Microsoft (will $50Million grant do it?) and it will render its > > > lifetime membership void. hehehe... don't worry, as long as I'm with > > > > UP, Linux will live there! :D > > > > While I do like the idea of lifetime memberships, wouldn't it be > > unsafe to wager that individuals' beliefs wouldn't waver as time > > passes? 10 years down the road, some of us might even be dumping Linux > > > in favor of some other non-free operating system out there. > > > > -- > > Paolo Alexis Falcone > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
