At 09:58 AM 7/29/02, you wrote: >mark wrote: > > >>The problem with getting funds from LUGs is that some lugs don't collect >>money now and are not established to collect money. > >Understood, however this _can_ change. =) Otherwise, what exactly is a >LUG's purpose in life? Just to gather around the fire and trade war >stories and feel good about using Linux? I think LUG's would have a vested >interest in helping promote the "Gospel of Linux", which can't be done on >effort alone, it takes funding. And if many of these geeks feel >uncomfortable about the commercial entities anty-ing up to the party, this >is their chance to put their $ where their .... well uno how it goes. As >Evan so succinctly stated, attorney's [whether one likes them or not] are >a necessary entity, as well as expert, knowledgeable advice. This >sometimes doesn't come free. Perhaps at some point CLUE might need a >professional executive, someone working full time to further the >aims/ideals of CLUE and it's membership. > > ><snip> > > >>For those who think this only applies to small lugs, ELUG is one of the >>bigger LUGs in Canada. > >And "E" stands for...?
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