On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 21:07, Ben de Luca wrote: > Do you think that being on the committee might give you a extra value > from what is offered? >
Some extra value yes. Some of the work has come from meeting other members. With more members coming in is 100x times going > to change to 10x? > The level of interest from head hunters, other members etc will also increase. I'd anticipate more rather than less opportunity. > I saw the cost is around $20 a year? so open skills has brought you > 2000? the time spent doing what ever you need to do with openskills > might out way the benefit of the 2000? If the cost is so low $20 how > does open-skills market it self? > Word of mouth. Web site. Skills base. Networking. We're running on a very small budget and these methods are currently the most effective. > Does some one check that the people who list information list only true > and correct information? > No but honesty obviously is always the best policy. If you don't have the skill, you're not going to be hired for very long and definately not recommended on. There is talk of a peer-review process where members can rate others on projects they've worked on or some such. Nothing's decided yet. Most issue to do with openskills are debated on the mailing list for a while before the committee decide. HTH Stu > bd > On 07/10/2004, at 2:36 PM, Stuart Guthrie wrote: > > > Hi Taryn > > > > In terms of earnings from being associated with OpenSkills I'd say it's > > been much more than 100 x the cost of annual membership for me. These > > opportunities would not have surfaced had I not been a member. > > > > Other members have similar stories. > > > > Now that the skillsbase is up and running, we're anticipating more > > skills searching and more work for members. > > > > Being on the committee, I'd say we are very focused on providing _only > > excellent services for the members. > > > > > > Stu > > > > > > On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 11:53, Bruce Badger wrote: > >> Taryn wrote: > >> > >>> Openskills you have to pay for... > >>> I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. > >> > >> We know that some people feel this way, but OpenSkills does provide a > >> number of hosted services, and these do need to be paid for. > >> > >> An alternative would be to look for advertising revenue or sponsors. > >> Both of these options would mean that OpenSkills would be beholden to > >> parties other than our members, and that may not be in the best > >> interests of members. > >> > >> Being funded by members means that we can focus on doing the best for > >> members. If there is a better financing model that leaves OpenSkills > >> free to focus on it's goals, we'd love to hear about it. > >> > >> All the best, > >> Bruce > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
