[wlug_org] Re: [wellylug] Installfest hardware....

[Chris Hodgetts]

--=-2Hj7bj6s/iVUTUpc/QOe
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On the money thing........ I think to solve the issue on this, is if we
get enough money then we get Pizza or something after the install-fest.




On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 19:33, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 18:30, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> > > 1. What shall we do with the money?*
>=20
> > > *My vote is we use it to (part pay) for a social event - i.e a Thursd=
ay
> > > Night Curry - which is on my list of things to organise.
> > >=20
> >=20
> > Surely usage of funds for this kind of thing is not really the right th=
ing to do=20
>=20
> > - it should be put back into the group for promotion, etc. and should n=
ot *ever* be used in the way that you are proposing.
> >=20
> > It is my opinion that if the group wants to benefit itself by way of a =
'curry fund' then the whole
>=20
> >  aim of the LUG is wrong and I personally will not have anything furthe=
r to do with it.
>=20
> Fair Enough JamieD. Just a suggestion dude :-)
>=20
> Obviously you feel very strongly about this, and given your background
> in the wellylug, this is an important opinion - which I certainly will
> listen to.
>=20
> Also taking into account Brent's comments, it seems the sugggestion was
> not a particularly good one. Nevermind.
>=20
> I guess my question is this, if the Wellylug and InstallFests are
> basically a non profit exercise (which incidentally I agree with), then
> does this make Wellylug essentially a social club? If Wellylug is in
> essence a social club then do we use activities of the WellyLug (such as
> InstallFests) to perpetuate social activities within the LUG? Is that a
> bad thing? Or is that a good thing?
>=20
> I guess we are starting to see the points that Colin made (LOL). As
> Jethro suggested we could put it aside for a rainy day - but then where
> do we put the money? In a bank account? - Whose? And if we spend the
> money on assets - then who owns them?
>=20
> I have other questions: What is "lug related things"? What is "Promotion
> etc"
>=20
> As an aside, donation might be a nice way to solve the problem (at least
> from a moral perspective). But I guess some of the issues above also
> apply. But maybe it should just be free. This would avoid a lot of the
> hassles.=20
>=20
> But personally speaking, making the LUG a fun thing to belong to, is a
> good thing. Social events are fun. Therefore we should at least use the
> exercise to have fun within the LUG. Could be a curry_night, could be a
> picnic in the gardens, it could be a game of
> laser_strike/paintball/go-karts whatever. The point with social events
> is that they generally speaking are fun, and there's no assets at the
> end of it (i.e non profit?)=20
>=20
> At the last InstallFest meeting I suggested that the meeting of the 19th
> might be a good time to discuss housekeeping issues. So far I figure
> these are the things we need to discuss:
>=20
> 1. Mailing List Etiquette.
> 2. Interest from the Greens.
> 3. InstallFest Update
> 4. ??
>=20
> What do you guys think?
>=20
> :-)
>=20
> Cheers
>=20
> Jamie=20
--=20

--=-2Hj7bj6s/iVUTUpc/QOe
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBAd7pYk3cUpOPpXcsRAkWMAJ0dNsTgdIaJXm65y38AFGFXMh9ZCwCg19Xz
ZFJAAXGOh95zgF0O4UKZoGw=
=uF7h
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--=-2Hj7bj6s/iVUTUpc/QOe--