I nominate Roger for Headmaster-President-Lord Moderator to moderate them all! :)
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:57:25 -0800 > From: Peter Manis <peter.ma...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Creating a structure for SocalLinux.org - > asking all members to read > To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > > +1 to Roger being a hippie > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> wrote: > > > I have read your charter and think it's a great start! > > > > Roger's just a hippie, that's all. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 1:01 PM, David Kaiser <dkai...@cdk.com> wrote: > > > >> Happy New Year Everyone! > >> > >> January 1, 2010 > >> > >> > >> For the first message of the new year, I wanted to take a moment to > >> reflect on the great 5.5 years we have been here and say thanks for > >> everyone for making SocalLinux.org such a great community. I feel that > >> we have a great and diverse group and I really appreciate everyone that > >> participates and the contributions of each and every person in our > group. > >> > >> I also wanted to take this opportunity to share some thoughts I have had > >> about the design of the group. > >> > >> Since we started this group (originally called 909linux.org), we have > >> tried to focus as much as possible on creating and maintaining an > >> environment that is open, allows anyone to contribute and speak their > >> opinion, but along with that comes the need to do things such as control > >> the tone of the discussion at times so that members of the group are not > >> offended by any particular individual. It is a fine balancing act to > >> encourage everyone to speak their mind ? but still ask everyone to be > >> respectful of others. I want to keep that approach in the future. > >> (Given the low number of conflicts we have, I think we have been > >> successful in this.) > >> > >> When we started, we decided not to have a formalized structure, (where > >> members at the time did not want to have cycles of elections and people > >> being nominated as a president, etc.) so we have had a completely > >> informal and unstructured group this entire time. Since I am the > >> [genius/sucker: pick one] who registered the domain and maintains the > >> computing infrastructure for the mailing list (and our 1 web page!) I > >> want to bring this up and explain some of my thoughts, and also I think > >> it would be useful for me to get feedback about this organization. > >> > >> While I don't mind being in the position of being the domain owner, I > >> want to make sure that the workings of the group are actually the > >> responsibility of the group. > >> > >> I am going to be looking for a way that there is a ?moderator group? (or > >> some title) that we have a number of people that are aware of and > >> publicly making decisions that are for the benefit of the group. While > >> I have never actually unsubscribed or banned any person from > >> participating (mailing list, irc channel, or in person), I have had to > >> enable some brief periods of moderation to the mailing list while > >> personal issues were resolved. I feel that this and other duties should > >> be the responsibility of a group of people, and that this group should > >> somehow be enabled or voted on by the members. > >> > >> To start with, just having multiple people be the moderators of the > >> mailing list, and also having a way for the group members to maintain > >> the web site (a task which I completely FAIL at doing in case you have > >> noticed). This will go a long ways to achieving the goal of not having > >> myself be singularly responsible for this and ensure that things are > >> done for the benefit of everyone. These things are on my agenda for the > >> coming months and I will be making more announcements about this soon. > >> > >> I am going to be enlisting everyone's feedback and working to establish > >> the following: > >> - an official charter which details the group structure > >> - a group of moderators > >> - an additional administrator to help me maintain the site (likely to > >> be easier to do once we install a proper web management system of some > >> sort) > >> > >> For now, I am asking everyone to take a moment and read what I have > >> proposed for a Charter. > >> > >> The proposed charter is located at http://socallinux.org/charter > >> > >> This will be something which is only a 'read and understand' option for > >> now. If conditions demand, then in the future we can make this be > >> something which has to be agreed upon before approval of signing-up to > >> the mailing list or other activities. > >> > >> While I have started this Charter, I did so by following the example set > >> by many other successful Linux User Groups. Ultimately, I expect the > >> members of this group to add to this list with their own ideas because > >> this isn't just something I manage alone. We all need to share the > >> responsibility of keeping things running smoothly, so I am asking this > >> conversation in an open forum like this. > >> > >> Please reply to this thread with comments and suggested additions. I > >> know the charter as it is currently written needs some help, but I need > >> your help in keeping the group self-moderated and running smoothly so I > >> strongly believe this is something we need to do. Specifically seeking > >> comments on Articles 6, 7, & 8, as I have not yet developed a policy on > >> how moderators and administrators are selected and how the voting > >> process might work. > >> > >> Thanks again for making SocalLinux.org a great community, and thanks in > >> advance for taking the time to read this and the charter document idea > >> I've posted. > >> > >> Looking forward to 2010! > >> > >> Regards, > >> David > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >> > > > >
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