On Thursday 14 March 2002 12:28, Colin wrote: <slight snippage> > This question has been raised before, but it was felt that one of the > secrets to the success of SLUG has been its informality, and lack of > 'structure', which has been partly attributed to not having a membership > fee, and therefore not having to have a bank account/formal statement of > purpose,etc,etc. > Exactly, as soon as we start having a committee and a treasurer and dues, it get far too organised and it will only be a matter of weeks before the treasurer is accused of being on the fiddle. And anyway have you seen what the banks want to charge for "club and soceity" accounts? Been there, done that and won't do it again......
> If it were decided that SLUG should consider corporate membership, I think > it should be on one-off "let's chip in to help a Linux Company" rather than > deciding we should start paying fees for SLUG. Keep it informal and > flexible. > Couldnt agree more. If someone wants to organise a whip-round to help out Mandrake then I'll contribute a fiver (If you catch me when I'm flush) on a one-off basis. I'm a diehard SuSE guy but I have used Mandrake on a laptop and been impressed, these guys deserve to survive. Willie -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
