Re: [seul-edu] Schoolforge organization--membership

["Matt Jezorek" <matt@bluelinux.org>]

I think one thing that should be clarified is this, just because you don't
have an official org behind you, does not mean your group is not an org. I
consider an org to be a group of people working towards a common goal.

Webster's considers it

or·gan·i·za·tion (ôrg-n-zshn)
n.

1.
     a. The act or process of organizing.
     b. The state or manner of being organized: a high degree of
organization.
2. Something that has been organized or made into an ordered whole.
3 . Something made up of elements with varied functions that contribute to
the whole and to collective functions; an organism.
4. A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association: a
benevolent organization.

5.
    a.    A structure through which individuals cooperate systematically to
conduct business.
    b.    The administrative personnel of such a structure.

I think number 4 is the definition we are looking for.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Loss" <drloss@suscom.net>
To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Schoolforge organization--membership


> Chris Hornbaker wrote:
> >
> > I haven't put any images on my site yet, because I am also still
confused on
> > this subject. Would the project itself be a member and me the supporter?
Or
> > the other way around? Could someone just set some sort of guide lines?
> > Anything that says "these are my thoughts" really doesn't help. Just set
out
> > some rules and don't worry about if it makes some people mad, because we
need
> > something to follow.
> >
> I'm trying to build a consensus here, not put out hard and fast rules
> that no one has agreed to but me.  Having said that, I suppose that if
> no one objects we can consider my ideas to be operative.  Yes, the
> project itself would be the member.  You would be the representative of
> the project, empowered to speak for it.  You could consider yourself (as
> an individual, not as the representative of the project) a supporter of
> Schoolforge too, but that wouldn't be necessary.  The guidelines are,
> members are organizations, supporters can be individuals or
> organizations.  Members have requirements to be active and to provide
> representatives to join Schoolforge mailing lists/discussion areas/etc.
> Supporters need only provide a link to Schoolforge and display the
> graphic.  How's that?
>
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