[plug] Re: What would encourage membership of PLUG?

[Kevin Shackleton]

Here's a few thoughts on "what" . .

 - What funds could PLUG raise from membership? (spoken as a back-woods
non-attendee  . .)
 - are there activities "what" might raise funds such as a roster /
working bees to rescue roadside (or skip behind RPH . .) PCs i.e.
hardware  check & install Ubuntu / Mint for a nominal fee ($20?)
 - what could those funds do, other than buy a few pizzas at Perth
meetings?
 - what if PLUG as a prime representative of open systems was to promote
through participation some projects e.g. already suggested open mapping,
wide-area SIG wifi, whatever (there must be plenty of ideas in the
group) which might absorb some of PLUG funds.

Kevin.

On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 12:05 +0800, Tim White wrote:
> Mid to late last year, we finally got the renewals email software 
> running. It's been a few years in the debugging stage, but it is now 
> running. So I guess I should make it email all expired members a 
> reminder. It currently emails on the 1st of the month, all expiring 
> members (expiring in the month coming up), and all expired members (who 
> expired in the month just gone), as well as all new signups waiting 
> payment. I thought it was better to only bug once about an expired 
> member, but maybe bugging for 6 months is a better idea?