This is a long clarification posted by PK on ilug-cal.info for the records.
A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: ilug-cal.info Date: Monday 24 April 2006 11:54 From: "peekay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] this domain name was booked by me for other ilug-cal members to develop a website .. since giving access to the ilug-cal.org website for altering webpages was not happening this was conceived as a supporting website for ilug-cal.org soumyadip modak had volunteered to do the webpage designing .. didn't happen for reasons he stated at the meeting on last saturday .. at the meeting, on his suggestion and as per the discussion that ensued thereafter, it was felt that ilug-cal.info should be in limbo for the time being repeating .. it is NOT an alternative to .. but is a supportive to ilug-cal.info there is just no point in forking .. despite ilug-cal.org's admin calling it a 'new kid on the block' it is a supporter which is now on the block .. so to say for the records, it is always available for designing, testing, firming up alternate designs .. which eventually can be ftp'd to ilug-cal.org we will need a host with the necessary php version, and other CMS support running russel hosts the .org website pages and WON'T budge unless the .org list-admin allows it .. that didn't happen before .. with sayamindu unable to devote the needed time for the updating/rectifying/cleaning up .. and with him having agreed to let one or two other ilug-cal real world members take up the task .. and with him agreeing to give the necessary details to do all this, there shouldn't be any problem strife strikes at the very basic idea of FLOSS, GNU, FSF, whatever the ilug-cal believes in ego's are important, most important is the tux's ego .. let's do something to keep that intact by contributing jointly .. like all the developers of the world do we cannot afford to create our own universe with our own narrow points as the basis for its working .. within the world of open source ..peekay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
