Re: Fwd: Re: Re: [TwinCLinG] ILUG reps

[Robin Chatterjee <robinsc@xxxxxxxxx>]

AAAAaaaaargh !!!! I can categorically state that the majordomo thingy (
set reply-to list or whatever) doesn't work. I had done it at the time
and I still get reply to sender as the default action.
Thaths !!!!! List admin !!!!!! Hear our pleas !!!! Bring back 

Biju Chacko wrote:
> 
> 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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