Re: From the IIUG Insider ...

"Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Jun 30, 10:15 am, InDeep <ind...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> [SNIP]

> Oh TANSAAFL applies and some of the board member along with Eric et
> al, do what they do because of their own self interest. (And there's
> nothing wrong with that).

I guess you mean TANSTAAFL  - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch,"

I sat on the IIUG Board for 2.5 years from September 2002 and it did 
absolutely Sweet FA for my self-interest - excpet in the sense that i like

to "Put a little back".  If anything my business suffered through the 
quarterly absence in the US.  And this was at a real low-point for
Informix, 
2002-2005, when IBM's love was at its lowest.  The same was true for each
of 
my fellow board memebers, even the oft-maligned Stuart Litel.

I just don't beleive that any board member fulfils the role for commercial

advantage.