Passing around the hat

[Mr Pindar Wong]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jefsey Morfin" <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>
To: <forum@atlargestudy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: [ALSC-Forum] Let get real: a last attempt to get back on track


>
> Dear ALSC Folks and List Members,
> I suppose all this goes to nowhere. ALSC people are without illusion.
Ghana
> is at hand. There are  no members. All the money has been spent. We do not
> even know how to gather the money for Denise's salary.

Folks,

Let's simply start passing around the virtual hat ...

i.e. pledging whether you're prepared to contribute money/effort towards
starting an ALSO.

The ALSC has contacted a number of groups and we've got some 50 replies... I
guess that's the number to beat.

So how about starting right here -- right now.

I've pledged $1000 ... and think I remember seeing Mike Roberts
(lightning-rod Mike) come up to bat with matching funds.

Any other pledges out there?  :)

While I'm at it ...  how about pledging any of the following
resources/skills that you may have or would like to develop (in the
semi-random order that I think of them)

*) nifty domain name for the at large

How about using at-large.org?

Kent: Sorry for putting you on the spot, but are you willing to contributing
the domain name?

*) web design  time (need graphic design skills, develop @large logo, look
and feel of website)

*) UNIX sys-admin skills (know how to lock down a freebsd? box, look after
care and feeding of resources)

*) Generic UNIX box(s) ( fast disks, plenty of ram, decent network cards) --
the old Pentium-Pro box that's heating your desk would do fine.

*) Connectivity (well connected, multi-homed, secure rack somewhere with
reliable power and cooling  -- alternatively some well connected closet
somewhere).

*) Editor, Translators ( willing to translate core materials from English
into language of preference (and back again) )

*) Database admin (look after care and feeding of front and back-end
databases)

*) Security Geek

*) Customer support folk (patient folk to look after FAQs, email, )

*) Mailing list admin (looking after care and feeding of mailing lists)

*) Project Management skills (keeping things on track, sending nasty emails
that volunteers were late and things were due yesterday)

*) Public Relations Skills ( 'the-face-of-the-at-large', good press
contacts, knows how the system works, wears sandals, knows when to shut-up)

*) Fund raising ( thick skinned, well connected, knows how to not to write a
proposal, never gives up)

*) Finance ( so you're from Arthur Andersens eh? Hmmm)

*) Human Resources ( the really hard job)

*) [If you just happen to be TPC, free international minutes +
teleconferencing system]

*) Airmiles? [use them or lose them]

*) Legal  (heavyweight)

E) All of the above  [ ]

You get the picture...

p.