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| DATE | 2009-01-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Projects
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einker wrote:
> You Tell me.. We've held Installfests and no one shows up, we have events
> with barely minimal or no people showing, membership drives are a no-go, and
> the economy is getting crappier by the day. If history is a good teacher, we
> may get more NYLXS participation as more workers are displaced from their
> employment positions and free time increases and $$ decreases. Truly a real
> $hitty situation ........
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BTW - we never had a lot of money to begin with. What we had was
classes, enthusiasm and members who show up at every event. We need the
core membership to step up. Ron and Serge, I so need you guys to stand
up and help.
Ruben
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:
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>> einker wrote:
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>>> As you may have noticed, no one is running to volunteer .....
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>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Ron Guerin wrote:
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>> Yeah - and how do we correct that...
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>> einker wrote:
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>>>>> Freedom-IT would be nice but does anyone have a venue they woould like
>>>>> to explore. Multimedia Software was last year. We could do the Business
>>>>> software side (Free Software in Businesses) approach but need at
>>>>> least three other people to get this or any other venue off the ground.
>>>>> Any volunteers?
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>>>> When the Internet Bubble burst, there was a lot of volunteer help
>>>> available from the unemployed and under-employed. So far, I'm not
>>>> seeing it this time, but I hold out hope....
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, this should be a *great* year for Free Software in Business.
>>>> But note that with Windows 7 being successfully spun as the Vista you
>>>> never knew you wanted, and apparently some people getting to like that
>>>> hideous ribbon UI, the window of opportunity here may be smaller than it
>>>> appears in the mirror.
>>>>
>>>> - Ron
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