On Sunday 08 Feb 2004 2:06 am, Philip S Tellis wrote: > I don't think we should make it a pay per entry meeting. That in itself > will dissuade people from coming - even if it is just Rs. 5. We can > make it a pay for your own tea or something like that.
Or another thought. Those who would like to pay can pay. I don't mind coughing up 50 bucks personally. If 50% is going towards FSF, then I'd be happy to cough up 100 bucks. Another way to view this is at these meets a voluntee could sell copies of free software CDs, GNU & Linux stickers, T-Shirts, Mugs or books and a percent of the profit on those items could be used towards paying for the speaker's travel fare... > Regarding paying speakers, IMO, the purpose of giving a talk is to > increase community awareness and participation. Achieving this should > be reward enough. Good point. Again if this is an FSF driven thing (is it), then I'm all for paying. Regards Rishi -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
