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Re: Adoption - NOT. Cooperation/assistance - yes.
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>Hi.
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>I'd like to comment about the idea of Sela (or any company) helping
>us, mainly because of the opposition already heard (Gal).
Since we dont really know what they offer, I am not a opposition.
I just heard about the Computex problems and thought about how to solve it,
I just throw my idea to the list to get comments.
I don't have the resorces to put it up myself.
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>First, I'd like to remind people that we were partially sponsored by
>Digital in the show. They provided lots of money, booth design and
>machines. Did that diminish the free group spirit in any way? I don't
>think so. It only made things easier.
An Amota can get donnations from companies, and give a proper recipt, not some haked
out one from one of us
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>Adoption is a bad word. I am for a very close cooperation with Sela.
>This means that we remain an indepent users' group (or amuta, if we
>ever decide on whether we want to) sponsored and helped by Sela. Here
>are some of the major areas in which we need help:
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>1. FTP.
>2. Web.
>3. Meeting place.
>4. Negotiations with companies.
>5. Advertising. Sela could help us advertise ourselves and spread Linux
> around. We can't do that alone.
6. Some Hebrew support for Linux, this body may have some international effect too.
All the above can be donated, or paied for by the Amota, our ideas are not
conflicting, it's just a diffrent why to do things, as a group of nobodys that
apper from time to time when Sela will want, Or as an organized foundation, who can
have it's own word and power about things.
I am sure about one thing we will get more donations from privte and commercial
bodies, If we will be amota and not using your words a bunch of nobodys.
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>In short, there are many pluses to cooperating. We should be careful
>not to get swallowed, and be independant - have our own Linux-il booth
>SEPARATE from Sela's, have our own mailing list. In short, business as
>usual, but with a big body backing us up.
Cooperation Yes, but as one unit not a "team" of some sort
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>By the way, all this is purely theoretical until Ira and myself talk
>with Sela and see what they're offering.
Please, put any plans you have to the vote of the group, this is a free democracy
:-)
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>Shay
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>Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il Finger for PGP public key
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Gal Goldschmidet
gal@netvision.net.il
gal@bynetmail.rad.co.il
goldsga@mail.tlm.openu.ac.il
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