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  • From: PermacultureNo1@aol.com
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: Online AND Print
  • Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:09:13 EST


In a message dated 12/07/00 9:41:20 AM, prcenter@webtv.net writes:

<< Putting POMONA... or the NAFEX Handbook on the web...(as discussed by the
board of directors (Pomona Fall 2000 pg. 76) would not be, I don't think,
primarily for the "convenience" of members... who already have copies of
their own... But as a free educational service to the public at large. My
personal feeling is this would be VERY worthwile and in the "SPIRIT" of NAFEX.
>>

Frankly, my vote as one member of this organization is that people have to
pay for the benefits of membership, just as I do. I don't subscribe to the
"everything should be free" mentality and run off pretty fast any in my space
who does. If I make contributions to POMONA, and I do, I don't want to make
them free to the universe, but as a contribution to a group that as a whole
makes contributions that benefit me too. It is not necessary to balance the
totals there, but it is necessary for me to have some measure of control on
my work. When I get an inquiry from someone who read something in Pomona, I
want to know that I am addressing a NAFEX member and not a freeloader who
taps into the resources NAFEX generated while contributing nothing, not even
dues. If the board votes to put someone's work out there for anyone to
access, I think the authors should be advised in advance so that they can
withdraw their work if they see fit. No one has a right to give away the
resources of another. I might still contribute, but I surely would
contribute more "boiler plate" and less unpaid consulting, and aim my
messages at generating some income from the unpaid audience. Once the
dedicated oldtimers are gone from the scene, who will bother to pay dues and
keep the service coming?

Regarding back issues, my original suggestion is that they be put on a CD-ROM
and not put on the web. Who is going to do the work if it is given away
after so that they can't get a modest royalty for their effort. Electronic
communism is going to perish just like the material form did, not because
either are inherently evil, but because they promote an increase in consumers
and a dwindling of producers.

DH

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