As of the last set of Board members' election (which made Ian the president), I think we already established the fact that members must be those who register only - the mailing list is free and does not make one automatically a member (unlike before). And oh, I think it was considered then that the founders are made members on the advisory level. We even had a board meeting in UP Diliman, if I remember correctly. [shesh, my memory may fail me! heheh] Anyway, this does not need an amendment to the Constitution but rather a resolution of the Board declaring founders as such. The way I see it, which I hope that I'll be proven wrong, founders are no longer given proper recognition. :(
Sammy, I guess we know where we stand now... wanna create another User Group - xPLUG? :D On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:58:10 -0000, Marvin T. Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > PLUG membership was initially designed to be free...that anyone who > > joins this mailing list is automatically a member. Dunno if the > > archives of the list captured that thought. Maybe some of the oldies > > could say something about this. > > PLUG membership is different to PLUG mailing list members. If you want to > learn something, you don't need to be a member of PLUG but rather with the > mailing list only. We carefully deliberated this issue and PLUG, Inc. is an > organization composed of volunteers (hopefully with commitments) who really > want to share their skills, time, etc. for the organization in which all > members will abide it's Constitution and By-Laws. > > > The old membership "policy"/style was made that way to welcome newbies > > and experts alike as well as to promote linux. With a change in > > membership policy, it is proper to inform everyone in this mailing list > > on the details such as rationale for the change, what the changes are, > > date of effectivity, et al. > > Yes, we will do that. Unfortunately, I can't say much for our Secretary > and/or Secretariat because they might be busy at the moment. But we > definitely inform the community. > > > As for Rommel's suggestion, pls also post the mechanisms for amendments. > > Those concerned might be interested to know what the current board feels > > about this proposal. > > It's easy to suggest but it's not easy to do it. We also have to consider the > benefits that the organization will gain. Now, if you already got a copy of > the Constitution and By-Laws and willing to help us improve it, you can do the > following: > > [1] be a member of good standing > [2] submit your proposed amendments and discuss it with any of the board > members > > > I propose that the minutes of meetings be posted here since not all > > members of this list are able to attend face-to-face meetings. This > > will also help promote linux and plug. > > I hope that Mr. Paolo Falcone can post the minutes of last Saturday's General > Assembly in PLUG-Org mailing list. > > By the way, I would like to clear something that it's good to conduct > meetings, discuss projects, make communications, etc. electronically but the > organization needs people who can attend, do projects and etc. physically to > help us make PLUG a REAL and PRODUCTIVE organization to the community. We > need people who can commit themselves to provide free services to the > community, to the organization. > > In service to humanity, > > --- > MARVIN T. PASCUAL > E-mail: mpascual AT qsr DOT com DOT ph > Tel. No. +63 2 9200189 > Mobile No. +63 918 4115188 > Yahoo! Messenger ID: bintut > GNU/Linux User No. 247127 > > ---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o--- > Diskless Thin Client Networking using GNU/Linux > ---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o---o0o--- > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
