18 Jul 10:54
Re: PLUG the Organization and PLUG the Mailing List (Was Re: Phil IT Expo Ex Deal)
From: Maverik <mllmartinez@...>
Subject: Re: PLUG the Organization and PLUG the Mailing List (Was Re: Phil IT Expo Ex Deal)
Newsgroups: gmane.org.user-groups.linux.philippine
Date: 2008-07-18 08:54:15 GMT
Subject: Re: PLUG the Organization and PLUG the Mailing List (Was Re: Phil IT Expo Ex Deal)
Newsgroups: gmane.org.user-groups.linux.philippine
Date: 2008-07-18 08:54:15 GMT
Hi Everyone,
I can't help but notice that there are lots of concerns on the challenges that an organization can face. This is expected especially if the plan is to legalize the "community", which requires a lot of legwork. Afterwards, maintaining the legal entity would be more challenging - an understatement, I believe.
My question to the PLUG (email) community, is it worth doing so? Because if it's not, then I rest my case. If it's so, let's find those guys who wants to take a shot on legalizing it. If the new legal entity of PLUG hits a wall (e.g. lack of money, lack of manpower to do the legwork, etc.), so be it.
It's been sometime since this community started talking about SEC registration. Why don't we just do it? We will never know what's at the end of the bridge if we don't start moving now...
Gary has set the fire again (thru the IT Expo thread) to rekindle the community's legal entity. Tomorrow, there's an EB in Araneta Center; it's not a PLUG EB per se but it's a good start to confirm if this discussion is going somewhere with fellow Linux enthusiasts...
In the end, kung hindi tayo magsisimula ngayon, wala tayong matatapos.
Mav
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Regards,
Maenard
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"Ability is what you're capable of doing... Motivation determines what you do... Attitude determines how well you do it."
I can't help but notice that there are lots of concerns on the challenges that an organization can face. This is expected especially if the plan is to legalize the "community", which requires a lot of legwork. Afterwards, maintaining the legal entity would be more challenging - an understatement, I believe.
My question to the PLUG (email) community, is it worth doing so? Because if it's not, then I rest my case. If it's so, let's find those guys who wants to take a shot on legalizing it. If the new legal entity of PLUG hits a wall (e.g. lack of money, lack of manpower to do the legwork, etc.), so be it.
It's been sometime since this community started talking about SEC registration. Why don't we just do it? We will never know what's at the end of the bridge if we don't start moving now...
Gary has set the fire again (thru the IT Expo thread) to rekindle the community's legal entity. Tomorrow, there's an EB in Araneta Center; it's not a PLUG EB per se but it's a good start to confirm if this discussion is going somewhere with fellow Linux enthusiasts...
In the end, kung hindi tayo magsisimula ngayon, wala tayong matatapos.
Mav
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Orlando Andico <orly.andico-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
Here's one good reason to have an org with SEC recognition: to get $$$
and sponsorship from companies.
i.e. the founder of Linuxcare now works for Oracle's Linux community
development effort, and he's in Manila! I don't doubt that he would be
interested in talking to people who comprise the Linux ecosystem in
the Philippines. But of course any large company is not going to do
business with an entity that's a non-entity....
So if there's interest, pursuing relationships with companies that
"do" Linux can be very useful.
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Regards,
Maenard
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