DISCLAIMER: As usual, I speak only for myself. Some additional points not touched on already:
(1) IIRC, all you need to register on Facebook is an email address and a name. You're not obligated to give them any more information than that. So if you'd like to register with Facebook for whatever reason, but you're worried about your privacy, simply don't enter anything more than the bare minimum. (1)(a) People who enter more than the bare minimum into Facebook do so (presumably) because they find value in it. If they consider targeted advertisements to be an acceptable trade-off, I don't think it's anyone else's right to tell them otherwise. (2) GNHLUG exists in at least two ways. (2)(a) One is the legal entity registered with the State of NH, which exists mainly for certain legal protections, and has little to do with what most people think of "GNHLUG" as. The only "business" that GNHLUG *ever* conducts is that voted on by the Board of Directors at the Bored Meetings. (2)(b) The other GNHLUG is the vague federation of people whose interests have an intersection with Linux/FOSS and NH. Members of this GNHLUG are members because they say they are. This GNHLUG exists because the members say it does. This GNHLUG has no legal status, but it's the one that really matters. Members of this GNHLUG can conduct business however they see fit, and other members can participate, or not, at their option. Free Software is about freedom. Free people don't always agree. That's what makes them free. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/