[PLUG] [PDXLUG July 01, 2003 Meeting Announcement]

[david pool]

Jeme A Brelin wrote:

>There's a small flaw in your reasoning here, David, if I may attempt to
>elucidate.
>
>PLUG (as we know it) is not a formal organization with any inhibiting
>structures or hierarchy that prevents a person from going out and doing
>whatever they feel needs doing to improve teh community.  
>

Hm. I suppose technically this is true. If I wanted to do fundraising, 
for example, I could say that I'm a member of the PLUG and start 
soliciting people and organizations. I could decide to store the funds 
in my own name and dedicate them to purchasing beer at spontaneous 
gatherings (ie when I'm thirsty).

On the other hand, some people, like David Mandel, might object on the 
basis that he gets thirsty too, and it's not fair that he's not getting 
any beer.

The fact that the PLUG lacks formal organization, makes it unclear on 
how to get agreement on my idea for a meeting fund. It's easier to set 
up SLUGO and cleanly seperate who's funding my next round. Even better, 
at SLUGO, we've got a clear decision criteria: Majority rule (and I'm 
the only one who can vote).

d