Rommel, Since the legal stuff have been defined, I guess all of us should abide by the laws unless the board accommodates your proposal. We don't want to do things that MIGHT set a precedent that we'll later regret. At this point, all we can do is suggest/propose. We're dealing with a legal entity now. Things were different 10 years ago...or is that 11?
We should also give the board (current and previous ones) and all linux supporters credit (and best wishes) for moving plug to newer heights. We have a long way to go. Let's not start a revolution. We have enough of that in the senate/congress. :( Let's just follow what the board decides for now. Personally, I don't care who sits on the board or who comprises the advisory board (if there is). What's important to me is that people/companies benefit from linux. Our economy is in deep s**t. Board members will change. PLUG Members will change. ==================== Xenos, are you still listed here? <ping!> =================================== On another matter, I'm surprised to know that there are a number of local distros available. Why not build one philippine distro? Could bayanihan linux be that "one"? I hope we can get our acts together. After all, we all want linux to be well used. Or maybe choose an existing distro (mandrake, RH, whatever), and build customizations, more tools, et al. Maybe this is something that the board and the local linux community can think about...and act on. I hope the board can spearhead this. ==================================== Paolo, Marvin, thanks for posting those details. It's a good update for everyone. It's good to see questions popping up about membership and stuff. We'll all wait for the procedures and forms. So, is there an advisory board? If not, the board might want to assess if there's a need for it...and define the term, objectives/expectations, et al. Now that we're discussing all these, maybe you can inform us as to who the board members are, what are the plans for the coming year, how many members there are, how many we are in this mailing list... I guess this is a way to promote the membership. Sammy -----Original Message----- From: Rommel Feria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:08 PM To: Paolo Alexis Falcone; Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [plug] Proceedings of the PLUG General Assembly, 18 December 2004 There mere fact that we founded the organization must account to something - even if we decide, later on, to be non-active members. Please give due respect to those who started it all. I mean, Kelsey is busy with his SM conglomerate (hehehe), Doc Mana is busy training students, Eric is busy maintaining UPM's IT infrastructure the same way that Sammy and I are doing our jobs. Do *NOT* penalize us for being busy -- besides, we do monitor the list still! The Constitution must also allow the Board to recommend other people to be awarded with lifetime memberships - such as Migs Paras, who did a very good job whilst he was president. However, these nominations must be approved by the GA. On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:42:03 +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:45:45 +0800, Rommel Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lifetime membership only applies to individuals. I do not think that > > it is appropriate to have institutions as lifetime members. I mean, > > 10 years down the road, UP may dump Linux (heaven forbid!) in favor > > of Microsoft (will $50Million grant do it?) and it will render its > > lifetime membership void. hehehe... don't worry, as long as I'm with > > UP, Linux will live there! :D > > While I do like the idea of lifetime memberships, wouldn't it be > unsafe to wager that individuals' beliefs wouldn't waver as time > passes? 10 years down the road, some of us might even be dumping Linux > in favor of some other non-free operating system out there. > > -- > Paolo Alexis Falcone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
