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

[Jethro Carr]

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Pizzafest...

On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 21:11, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> 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.
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> 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?*
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> > > > *My vote is we use it to (part pay) for a social event - i.e a Thur=
sday
> > > > Night Curry - which is on my list of things to organise.
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> > > Surely usage of funds for this kind of thing is not really the right =
thing to do=20
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> > > - it should be put back into the group for promotion, etc. and should=
 not *ever* be used in the way that you are proposing.
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> > > It is my opinion that if the group wants to benefit itself by way of =
a 'curry fund' then the whole
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> > >  aim of the LUG is wrong and I personally will not have anything furt=
her to do with it.
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> > Fair Enough JamieD. Just a suggestion dude :-)
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> > 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.
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> > Also taking into account Brent's comments, it seems the sugggestion was
> > not a particularly good one. Nevermind.
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> > 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 a=
s
> > InstallFests) to perpetuate social activities within the LUG? Is that a
> > bad thing? Or is that a good thing?
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> > 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?
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> > I have other questions: What is "lug related things"? What is "Promotio=
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> > etc"
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> > As an aside, donation might be a nice way to solve the problem (at leas=
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > At the last InstallFest meeting I suggested that the meeting of the 19t=
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> > might be a good time to discuss housekeeping issues. So far I figure
> > these are the things we need to discuss:
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> > 1. Mailing List Etiquette.
> > 2. Interest from the Greens.
> > 3. InstallFest Update
> > 4. ??
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> > What do you guys think?
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> > :-)
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> > Cheers
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> > Jamie=20
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-- Jethro

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