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Subject:	Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:45:49 GMT
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:29:30 GMT, Patrick Sayre-Little <wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu> wrote: > Terry K wrote: > > > > > Jeremy beat me to it with the definition. > > I don't have a strong objection to "Foundation", but to me it has connotations > > of a funded organization that contributes monies to various causes. Heck, just > > read the definition. > > That somehow, to me at least, does not seem to reflect what we are doing. And > > even might be a little misleading. An outsider hearing of the "LDraw > > Foundation" could well get a wrong impression of what it is. Foundations are > > what support programming on PBS. And send deserving students to college. And > > underwrite environmental research expedetions to Amazon rainforests. > > > > It just does not ring true. > > On the other hand, "The Foundation" at Cal Poly is the main controlling agency > on campus. People tend to say "Foundation" with a very negative tone, mainly > due to thier ridiculusly anal procedures and policies; despite the fact that > they pay most people's paychecks. Perhaps "The LDraw Foundation" fits somewhere > in between. Hmm... it sounds like you are subtly insulting us. :-) -- Terry K -- Overlord, Office of Ridiculously Anal Procedures.

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		Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
(...) I didn't intend it that way. I was just pointing out that "Foundation" doesn't have to mean a charitable organization. (...) I _definately_ didn't want to imply that. :) (27 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
(...) On the other hand, "The Foundation" at Cal Poly is the main controlling agency on campus. People tend to say "Foundation" with a very negative tone, mainly due to thier ridiculusly anal procedures and policies; despite the fact that they pay (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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