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>10 bucks a day is 70 bucks a week, and that's about *3640* bucks per
>year. Now, is there a reason why TeamOS/2 should pay IBM that amount to
>IBM annualy?

He said 1 newbie a month!  A MONTH!  That's $120 a year!  That's, say, 4 oz. of
soda pop a day.  Someone is NOT a hypocrite if they won't give up "1500" but
are willing to give up 4oz. of sugar-water a day.
>
>No, I am expected to volunteer my time for activities *I* choose.  If
>someone who won't go to an event for reason of losing 1500 in wages is
>making a suggestion that would cost each TeamOS/2 member 3640 bucks per
>year in hard cash plus lost wages of 4 hours a day, then I call that
>hypocracy at best.

The proposition is not that all OS/2 supporters (which I don't think includes you,
anyway) be forced to participate.  What did you think was meant?
Where did you get $3000+ a year, 4 hours a day?

Try being a _teeny-tiny bit_ constructive here.  I really think you were so eager
to shoot down this idea that you didn't check the facts.

Heck, even if the original proposition _did_ mean $3000 yr/ 4 hrs a day why not
just propose something different, or ask "Do you realize that means?..."
Look:
"Do you realize that your plan would require more than $3000 a year from 
supporters?  Why not make it 1 $10 newbie a month, that's much more affordable.
And, time-wise, if supporters of the "Each teach One" plan get together (online),
we can probably come up with some guidelines to organize a newbie's OS/2
tutorial, thus keeping the time down to say, 8 hours for the whole course."

Now, wasn't that easy?

The way to defeat a proposition is to attack its strong points, even if that means
giving it some support before the kill - not setting up spurious weak "straw man"
arguments and attacking them.


                                   Tarquelne
                        Tarquelne <osric@apk.net>
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