Re: [rant?] Business-Related Topics (was: What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?)
Good evening,
Hi Ariz, how are you? You're already good at this as a treasurer (I
mean managing money? hehe, nice friendster pics) Anyway, if remember
it correctly, it was a bad schedule (near end of school year) Well
it's not really about doing business, but more of having a business
approach/perspective for PLUG. I know It's not really the culture of
PLUG but every other established non-profit organization out there has
a business value of some sort.
This "business value" may not always be quantifiable, but it's
basically the reason why companies would be willing to sponsor
activities and projects of a non-profit organization. I personally
think, that the real assets of PLUG are it's people, not the mailing
list. Maybe, there is something we can do to take advantage of the
great talent/skill/knowledge of these people besides the technical
support that they offer in the mailing list. What value can we provide
to the community (not just open source, but also the business
community, which is an integral part of our overall economy) besides
being a mailing list of technically competent people?
Just another perspective from a "not always" technical guy..=)
--
Sincerely yours,
Cris Masancay
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Ariz Jacinto <acjacinto@...> wrote:
> i don't know about that. remember when we tried this before and the
> attendance was less than stellar (less than 20 compared to the usual 200++).
> but maybe things are different now than before?
>
> maybe doing business is not really in our culture to start with? if i'm
> going to use the analogy (sari-sari store?), most of us could easily think
> of having a OSS-powered cyber cafe which is not really a bad idea but it's
> one sure way to turn your back against your target demographics (been there,
> done that hehehe. btw, Valve's Steam client is now or might be available on
> linux soon). guess what?, running an OSS-powered internet startup is much
> cheaper _now_ than running a internet cafe. although you might not
> see revenues immediately as compared to running an internet cafe but the
> rewards are definitely much bigger if you're lucky. and even if you don't
> have any exit strategies, creating a useful site could boost your resume.
> just make sure that the site is still alive until after your next successful
> job interview, hehe.
>
> maybe that's it! maybe it's in our "DNA" to be the best
> employee/consultant for a well known/global company. so why are we
> complaining about brain drain when we should really worry when we could no
> longer _export_ manpower? :-P i don't see any difference working for a
> foreign company operating in the Phils as compared to working overseas or as
> a telecommuter. i mean, afaik any IP that you've contributed locally are
> owned still by the foreign company unless stated otherwise (*although i'm
> only talking about tech and not the public health sector, but the
> Phils might really have a shortage of IT professionals in the near future
> (2030-ish?) since most of the younger generation wanted or "forced?" to
> become a nurse)
>
> it's starting to sound like a weekend rant hehehe. anyway, if you're going
> to proceed with the business-format meetup, you might want to consider
> having the following:
>
> From Ideas to IP Management
> Writing Business Plans/Whitepapers
> Legal/Accounting Aspects of Running a Company
> Fund-Raising: Bootstrap, Angels, VCs, Lenders
> Live Pitch
>
> i think you can have more audience if those interested wouldn't see it as
> PLUG/FOSS-centric event (local .net/java community wants the same thing!).
> Pitching can be the most fun and interesting but i'm not sure if that would
> work since afair we're privy about our own ideas. natatakot kasi yata tayong
> magaya at maunahan ng iba, tama ba? if that's the case then force everyone
> to sign the NDA upon registration :-p
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Christian Masancay <csmasancay@...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good evening,
>>>
>>> Hi Gary, I just think business concepts would be a great help for an
>>> organization [...] Not all PLUG members are IT professionals, but you
>>> have
>>> people from other professions like accountants, auditors, security
>>> professionals, engineers and even doctors. I believe that PLUG can go
>>> further if people are not always technology-oriented.
>>>
>>> Sincerely yours,
>>>
>>> Cris
>
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