Final Voting process NPO name

[Kimi Adams]

Well, again, if money is given to PLUG for a specific reason, it has 
nothing to do with the NPO.  They are separate entities.  If there is 
something that requires an NPO for, it should be considered carefully, in a 
meeting with the NPO Board and the top people in PLUG.  Don't you 
agree?  This NPO is being set up so that we can do certain things for the 
community, not to control PLUG.  Their functions would be different.  In 
fact, lobbying for laws is not going to be able to be done through the NPO, 
therefore, we need PLUG to accomplish this.  An NPO cannot lobby for or 
against bills being presented for laws.  I.E. that's the reason that we all 
went to an attorney; to seek this kind of legal advice.

Kimi

At 6/11/01 12:20 PM, you wrote:
>The very reason that you see them having seperate goals is why I think we 
>need to have separate NPO's I mean I'm sure *most* of the time we'll be in 
>agreement. But if company X gives money to PLUG then the NPO disagrees on 
>using that money for something PLUG agrees on. We'll have a problem.  I'd 
>rather we didn't have to deal with that. Setting up a NPO for Plug would 
>allow companies to give directly to PLUG. Or if they want more bang for 
>their buck they can give to the Superset group NPO. But Plug would have 
>its on budgit to do its own things with. I do agree that it makes twice as 
>much paperwork though.
>
>Carl P.
>
>Jim wrote:
>
>>Because that is a job for PLUG.  PLUG needs to be doing a better job of 
>>promoting itself.  Why hasnt it?  Maybe because no one has offered to 
>>help promote PLUG.
>>
>>The NPO will promote PLUG and all the other LUGs in Az.  It will 
>>primarily focus on educating the masses, but it will also be a resource 
>>for support. LUGs are a great source of both source and community.
>>
>>On Monday 11 June 2001 10:20, you wrote:
>>
>>><rant>
>>>How about none of these and instead of doing some completely insane
>>>over the top NPO that try's to cover every aspect of free software
>>>in AZ, we focus on just keeping the local Linux community growing?
>>>
>>>I mean, I run into people in over town who've been running Linux
>>>for years and don't know about PLUG's existence.
>>></rant>
>>>
>>>~Deepak
>>>
>>>On Jun 10 2001, at 20:13, Kimi Adams was caught saying:
>>>
>>>>As promised, here are the names that have been mentioned most in the
>>>>past few days.  Sorry that it's a little later in the day that
>>>>expected.
>>>>
>>>>Please vote appropriately one last time to
>>>>npo@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us so that it can be tracked.  Final voting
>>>>must be done by Tuesday.  Please tell everyone that you know to view
>>>>this listing and vote for one of these names.  Remember that the name
>>>>should really make sense but one that is memorable will stick.  Speak
>>>>them aloud several times to see if one makes more sense than another.
>>>>
>>>>Freedom Arizona
>>>>Arizona Open Technology Association
>>>>Unfettered Software of Arizona
>>>>Open Technology Advocacy Society of Arizona (OTASA)
>>>>Association for Sane Software
>>>>Arizona Alternative Software Advocates
>>>>
>>>>Cross your fingers...............
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Kimi
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