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On Thursday 03 February 2005 8:50 pm, Niels Voll wrote: > Hi Marcel, > > Thanks for your public statement. That's very kind. > > I hope you'll forgive me for writing to you personally for your long > distance insight. You have history with the group and one of the very > few clear heads in the group. To be honest, I'm torn about running. > > I'd actually like it better, if someone else would take "the platform" > and run with it. I've had senior management jobs - I don't need the > practice, and I have experienced, how little glory there is and how much > work there is. There's no seduction by the title for me (been there, > done that). -- However I haven't seen anyone, whom I would describe as > organized, who has gotten involved or been nominated and/or accepted for > office. Shawn's little programming SIG is around 6-7 people who chat > without an agenda once a month. It might be fewer, if there weren't a > trickle of people, who drop in once, only to decide never again. So I > think I know where clug is headed under his presidency. > > * Should I run for office, and the current group of disorganized > individualists will actually end up being grateful and supportive? Is > there a silent majority, which will come out of the woodwork and start > participating more, if the caliber of the organization rises and things > become less "executive" driven and more participatory? > > * Or is me running for office a silly idea, because I'll turn the > culture of the group inside out? Maybe inadvertently kill whatever there > is now, and nothing else would even take it's place? That would be > really stupid, and I wouldn't want to do that to anyone. > > * Should I rather think about starting a new group for FLOSS > enthusiasts, who actually like being more organized? > > I have way more questions than answers - do you have any insight, which > you might be able to share with me? > > Warmest regards, > > ...Niels > > Marcel A. Lecker wrote: > >I second Neils' nomination. > > > >Marcel > > > >On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 13:00 -0700, Jesse Kline wrote: > >>On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 23:01 -0700, Jarrod Major wrote: > >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>>Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>>For those of you that couldn't be there tonight here are the nominees > >>> (that accepted) for the Four Core Executive positions: > >>> > >>>President > >>>Shawn Grover > >> > >>I nominate Neils Voll for president, let the games begin :) > >> > >>Jesse > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>clug-talk mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>**Please remove these lines when replying > > > >_______________________________________________ > >clug-talk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >**Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D CLUG President Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQgLyBACQFPa+bt49AQLlIAQAi6jJ1Do4aHAtGanDe7HwoOTuAS7wbwIJ 6GC8RrqzgvH9NwxOQLmJuwGVtK6Lmm9KDlERG49qNFrqoTjjxIQ30gm2G8k/8WDu Ebj8/Hl4QcY/KBzMXvJNdJ6K115H7vCAwnin8cqF9epU4/rGYyuOKwvtMcnteDsT 9q8QbI8LVW4= =5B0C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
