Re: clubs on ftoomsh

Peter Lees (peter@nospam.yseda.com.au)
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 22:45:17 +1100 (EST)

Ryan Shelswell wrote...
> Ahah, but what does your employer pay *you* - my experience with being
> charged out would lead me to guess it's between 15-20% of the charge-out
> rate. And it should be less (though maybe not *that* much), because of
> many things...

that's not the point - the union and other clubs & societies aren't
our employers - in fact, the other clubs could actually be competitors,
inasmuch as we all compete for the same unions $$$

my intention was not to say "we should charge this exact amount", but
rather, "we shouldn't give things away, the skills in demand are valuable"

> ...but if you did charge the union like an angered taurine beast, you'd
> have to do real work, which is something that progsoc members usually
> prefer to do *outside* the auspices of the club itself ;^)

if progsoc offer services to clubs & societies (or union), real work
would be expected, regardless of what we charge.

my gut reaction is to say "lets not do it". progsoc is not the IT department
of the union - it's a poorly-organised collection of geek who like
to muck about with computers.

this issue (or at least a general policy on it) may be something worth
addressing at the AGM, or at least at the initial GM/exec meeting

cheers

p

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