<div dir="ltr"><div>Wow, OSI must have general members who have become contributors so that action items get done.<br></div><div><i>They have $40/year dues, but that's another discussion.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>So, where's the SPI issues list on Bitbucket or Github so members can see the issues and become contributors? </div><div>Bitbucket & Github are FREE as in BEER (not perfect but not too shabby) and immediately do-able.<br></div><div>And they both have a built-in wiki!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Where's the searchable SPI forum using Discourse on a DigitalOcean or Bitnami VM so members can catch up with current and past discussions and activities?<br></div><div>DO is $20/month, +$4 for weekly backups. $288 per year total, Mighty cost effective, and again it's immediately do-able.</div><div>If needed we could ask for donations from members.</div><div>I'm in for $25 if we go this route, and there are probably eleven more SPI members who could donate the same.</div><div><br></div><div>Think of it this way:<br></div><div>If I had to eat only 100% organic food while working to make the world's food sources more organic, </div><div>this would be possible only in specific urban areas, e.g. not possible in Dayton, Ohio but entirely doable in NYC.</div><div>Sub-optimal choices for tools are okay, it's not an abandonment of the cause.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Joshua D. Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jd@commandprompt.com" target="_blank">jd@commandprompt.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So,<br>
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As mentioned on -private, I joined OSI last week. This week I received this email. This is the type of stuff that I think that SPI is greatly missing out on; building relationships with its members and the external community.<br>
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Hello Joshua,<br>
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I wanted to personally thank you for recent membership. It is only through the contributions of our community that the OSI can continue our important work to educate the world about, and increase adoption of, open source software.<br>
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Please find attached your OSI Individual Membership Card, suitable for printing. The OSI participates in a variety of events, and is working with our sponsors and affiliates, to provide various benefits for our members, such as discounts on conference registrations, books, hardware, etc. Your OSI card includes your OSI member number which may be needed to receive some of these benefits. Some current examples include:<br>
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Free three months subscription to LinuxVoice Magazine with access to back-issues (electronic version).<br>
50% off Joomla World Conference.<br>
20% off O'Reily's OSCON registration fees.<br>
10% off Linux Foundation conferences, e.g. LinuxCon and CloudOpen<br>
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