hehehe. i gotcha. i think PLUG should first post or update its vision/mission statement and make it clear(attn: Gabriel). before, what's needed is to promote FOSS and then recently, lobby FOSS in gov't/public education but other NGOs are already doing the latter and they're doing it well. i remember Ian S. saying that we should not have a similar endeavor but should provide community/tech support that they need instead (which are the core competencies of PLUG).
there's one group that i'm aware of who've managed to establish a non-porfit org which serves as a webhosting service/mentor for other non-profits. we can do something similar if there's no conflict of interest, that is. how about creating an API to tap the wisdom of PLUG, then license it somewhere? ala PLUG-Answers/ExpertExchange, anyone? :-D On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Christian Masancay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...]Well it's not really about doing business, but more of having a > business > approach/perspective for PLUG. I know It's not really the culture of > PLUG but every other established non-profit organization out there has > a business value of some sort. > > This "business value" may not always be quantifiable, but it's > basically the reason why companies would be willing to sponsor > activities and projects of a non-profit organization. I personally > think, that the real assets of PLUG are it's people, not the mailing > list. Maybe, there is something we can do to take advantage of the > great talent/skill/knowledge of these people besides the technical > support that they offer in the mailing list. What value can we provide > to the community (not just open source, but also the business > community, which is an integral part of our overall economy) besides > being a mailing list of technically competent people? > > Just another perspective from a "not always" technical guy..=) > > -- > Sincerely yours, > > Cris Masancay
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