[Michigan-LoCo] Joe Terranova: LoCo Teams Don't Need Money

[Wolfger]

To go along with our discussion in last night's meeting about getting
donated computers... some food for thought.

Sent to you by Wolfger via Google Reader: Joe Terranova: LoCo Teams
Don't Need Money via Planet Ubuntu by joe on 9/9/07
For those of you unaware, there's been quite a bit of discussion
recently in the US Teams Project about the possibility of starting a
non-profit organization, to accept donations and to shield individual
LoCo teams of liability; the main conclusion has seemed to be that
having users sign waivers is good enough for liability, and that "teams
have and are more than able to function without funding and without
liability coverage" (see discussion here and here).

In response to this, this blog is going to have a fun recurring theme
over the next few months: how Joe spends his money. I'll be keeping you
all updated on all the things I spend out of pocket (or other people
chip in) for LoCo Team events, and I'll accept suggestions for
alternative methods which require 0 dollars. I will also be making
requests to Canonical to fund all of these needs, and letting you know
of the results.

I don't mean to call people out, start a fight, or sound bitter; I'm
quite happy with my team, and its situation. Other teams are attempting
to get donations, and this strange notion that LoCo teams don't need
money for anything is holding them back. Let me make this clear: not
all locations are donated, not all us of have Google, Sun, or Novell
offices in our back yard, and not all of us are willing to have
advocacy events in our basements. Not every LoCo Team can survive on
t-shirts and CDs alone, and it's time this is made clear to those who
refuse to accept that notion.

I encourage other team leaders in a similar position to also keep us
updated on what they're spending money on. Expect an itemized list for
our next event on September 22nd.

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