Hi all,
i vote for PK to become the list admin , down with Indra Da
vivek
--- peekay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> {
>
> hit the delete button NOW .. if this is of no interest .. it may appear
> seriously off-topic to many/most .. it IS a looooong post !
> .. pk
>
> (53yrs old .. age recorded so that some younger members
> don't feel like trigger happy and fire salvos thinking that this
> is a school kid's rave/rant !)
>
> }
>
>
>
>
> we already lost ashwin due to harsh reprimands by "elected" listadmin
>
> i went into a silent mode for months on end due to harsh reprimands too
> and came back only after a face to face real world meet where the
> futility of hostility made sense enough to re-start ilug participation
> efforts in Compass2005
>
> i believe using harsh words like 'idiotic' and 'drivel' and 'YOU have
> spammed'
> on a harmless (maybe OT to many .. doesn't look like OT to me for one)
> well intentioned, bonafide, helpful warning by a self professed 'linux
> lover'
> is NOT the vox populi
>
> and i am not sure about the 1500+ members .. is there a link where i can
> check this out ? such info is public domain and all members would like
> to know
>
> i am sad that the website languishes .. admission by those in charge that
> they have been sloppy .. apologies by them .. assurances that things will
> be ok henceforth .. there are absolutely no other moves (the meeting venue
> on web-site is absurdly shown JU where no-one meets now-a-days ..
> the minutes are those of once-upon-a-time .. there are virtually no
> fresh posts .. and i dunno if there is a log of how many of the 1500+
> members visit the site)
>
> for the records .. one person's impressions, feelings, sentiments about
> a group of students, other similar events appear OT to me .. if all are
> allowed to post their 'experiences' .. their 'feelings' we will have an
> avalanche of posts of the 'other' kind
>
> for the records, cajoling ashwin to come back, kudos about his being
> a fine guy did NOT bring him back .. he is working on fedora (given
> by a fellow member of this group) .. and has been integrating the rural
> with the others, etc .. but we will never know .. just because of
> harsh rappings on his knuckles on 'some' purported OT thread which
> he had NOT started (k-antenna by the members of THIS 'linux' group
> for making wi-fi network successful over longer distances on linux
> platform)
>
> 'some' members strongly support strong/stern/harsh ruling by listadmin
>
> i strongly doubt that the vast majority does .. we need a vote by all to
> determine such things .. but then where is the voting, or when did it
> happen either ? where are the elections, or the records of elections
>
> ..pk
>
> (sorry for the loooooong email)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Indranil Das Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:31 PM
> Subject: [ADMIN-WARNING] Re: [ilug-cal] An Important Warning RegardingVirus
> for Yahoo , Hotmail and Gmail User
>
>
> > Attn Linux Lover
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 20:12 +0530, Linux Lover wrote:
> > > !!! ATTENTION FRIENDS, I JUST HAVE RECEIVED THIS VIRUS THREAT ALARM AND
> > > SENDING YOU ALL WHICH MIGHT HELP YOU TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION FROM YOUR
> > > END !!!
> >
> > You have spammed a list of 1500+ users with this idiotic drivel of a
> > known hoax.
> >
> >
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.ho
> ax.html
> >
> > http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=99307
> >
> > Even if this had been a real case, you had **no business** of posting to
> > this list a *completely* OFF-TOPIC post of this nature without even an
> > [OT] tag in the subject line.
> >
> > Typing in all-caps is the on-line equivalent of shouting. This is not
> > acceptable behaviour either.
> >
> > This is to inform you that any future violation of basic list etiquettes
> > by you will result in you being banned from the ILUG-Cal list.
> >
> > -ListAdmin
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> >
> >
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