On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 04:29, Shaul Karl wrote: > Is it legitimate and polite to ask some more details about the > people that were mentioned in the FAQ and that I haven't heard their > names before? > > 1. Doron Ofek was mentioned the day before yesterday to be affiliated > with www.penguin.org.il. > 2. Katriel Traum is from www.whatsup.org.il and works on linbrew, > doesn't he? > 3. Doron Carmely Shrim is a new name for me. > 4. And the same with Tom Finer.
The people you mention are active in the TelAviv Linux group (in fact, they practivly founded it) that holds bi weekly meeting and activities. They are also the people behind the Penguin and various other Free Software related activities. Hamakor is trying to unite the various Linux groups and activists in Israel and get us working *together*. There is more to Linux in Israel then IGLU, and I'm saying it as a proud IGLU member - whatever that means ;-) > Doesn't an amuta needs a ROE HESHBON? I didn't saw any. Out lawyer says it doesn't have to. It is something we *want* to have though. If you know one that is willing to work pro-bono for the cause we would sure glad to hear about it. Barring that we *might* pay for one from memberships fees - once the amuta is registered and we can add new members that is... > What about promoting open standards? Shouldn't that be explicitly > mentioned? Actually, it's a very good idea. Consider the Amuta a typical Open Source project - good patches are always welcome ;-) Gilad. -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://benyossef.com "Geeks rock bands cool name #8192: RAID against the machine" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
