On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jerry wrote:
> Time for a check in to see where we are.
Good move.
First, we need someone who is officially running this thing. Who is the
boss? Lori? Jerry? Someone else?
What we need the most right now is a leader. A committee might be good for
deciding things, but for making sure things get done on time once we decide to
do them, you need a dictator. :-)
Ask Linus Torvalds or Alan Cox. Design issues in Linux may be hashed out in
Open Source fashion, but when it comes to shipping a stable kernel, Linus says
"Feature Freeze in two weeks", and that is *it*. Then he hands the whip to
Alan, who applies it without mercy until the bug list is solved.
(I'm not volunteering for this position; I just started a new job, and I
cannot in good faith commit the time and effort to being a manager/coordinator
right now. I apologize for this; normally, I would at least put my money
where my mouth is. I owe karma on this.)
Mark my words: If we don't have a single someone with a metaphorical whip
to make sure people move, we're not going to pull this off in the time we
have. :-)
Second soap box issue: I've CC'ed this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
because that is where this discussion should be taking place. We created the
gnhlug-org list for just this purpose, we need to make sure we use it.
**Communication is critical!** We need to make sure we don't exclude anyone
who might potentially want to be involved! There are a *lot* of good people
willing to help; by closing off the discussion you prevent people from saying,
"Hey, I can do that", and jumping in. A private mail is a closed mail. :-)
Use the org list. I can't stress this enough. :-)
Use the org list. Use the org list. Use the org list. :-)
I recommend the convention of putting [LBS] in the subject line, so people
can setup filters for all Linux Business Show information.
I'm going to follow up to the less meta-organizational issues and more
LBS-related issues only to the gnhlug-org@ list.
-- Ben Scott
GNHLUG Resident Loud Mouth
Dealer in Soap Boxes
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| "I will choose a path that's clear; I will choose free will!" |
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