Fwd: Re: Re: [TwinCLinG] ILUG reps

[Biju Chacko <biju_chacko@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is a valid point. However, you don't seem to have sent to LIG, so
I will forward it there.


--- Robin Chatterjee <robinsc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:06:11 +0530
> From: Robin Chatterjee <robinsc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: Tata Consultancy Services
> To: botsie@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LIG] Re: [TwinCLinG] ILUG reps
> 
> So the conclusion - formalisation is necessary,
> However NIcks most important point I feel was the resentment against
> "hidden" machinations. Make the whole thing as transparent as
> possible. 
> Ie have your core group make wahtever decisions are needed, but
> "everything" of significance gets reported back to the list. Have the
> whole jimbang of minutes of the meeting, agenda etc placed on the
> linux
> -india website. that is the best way to ensure that noone exerts
> undue
> political pressure I feel. 
> On a list of logical thinkes like linux users ought to be I feel that
> even en masse we will make rational choices and shun politiking
> peabrains.
> Cheerio
> Robin
> 
> 
> Biju Chacko wrote:
> > 
> > --- Nick Hill <nikhilwiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > getting serious, i dont think LUGs should be formalised at all...
> > 
> > <snipped some fairly valid reasons>
> > 
> > Nikhil,
> > 
> > Your reservations about politiking  being the end result of any
> > formalisation effort are shared by many. My experience with several
> > clubs, associations and organisations tends to support this view.
> > 
> > However, the downside of no organisation is no legal status. To
> give
> > just a couple of examples:
> > 
> > * If LI wants to put up a stall at IT.COM 2000, who are the IT.COM
> > organisers going to deal with? An entire mailing list? Last year,
> it
> > was Atul's string pulling that got us in, but can we rely on that?
> > 
> > * The domain name Linux.org.in has been registered by a company in
> > Pune, presumably for commercial purposes. There are efforts to get
> it
> > reassigned. But to which legal entity will it be assigned? For that
> > matter, who in India has the right to complain?
> > 
> > * There are companies that are interested in handing out freebies
> to LI
> > members. What identifies an LI member?
> > 
> > * Last year, /Outlook/ magazine published a slanderous article
> about
> > Linux users. Similar articles may come out in future. Is there any
> > legal entity that can demand a retraction?
> > 
> > It's all very well to be anti-establishment, but sometimes Luggers
> need
> > to deal with the establishment, and for that we need some kind of
> > formal standing.
> > 
> > Like it or not (and I have to admit I'm not too keen on the idea)
> > formalisation is needed if LI is grow beyond merely a mailing list.
> Of
> > course, that assumes that you are interested in more than a mailing
> > list :) .
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > Biju
> > 
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