On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Pirate Praveen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2014-04-15 20:16 GMT+05:30, Rashad M <[email protected]>: > > Hi all, > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> To The GNU/Linux Community, > >> > >> All offical communications regarding ILUG-Cochin events & views will > only > >> be announced on the mailing list using the email address events at > >> ilug-cochin dot org. > >> > >> No other website or mailing list will be used for the purpose of > >> communication of events and views. > >> > >> Views or programs announced/expressed by members need not necessarily > >> reflect the official ILUG-Cochin views or programs. > > > > > >> ILUG-Cochin takes no responsibility for any such programs or views. > >> > > > > Please read the above carefully. To copy-paste: > > "" > > Views or programs announced/expressed by members need not necessarily > > reflect the official ILUG-Cochin views or programs > > "" > > > > This is true. Anyone can subscribe to mailing list. People can use this > to > > advertise their company, work, workshop or whatever. And all those many > not > > fall under the views/philosophy on Free Software. > > > > So please dont think of this mail is only to you when reading this. > > No the problem is not with setting policy for the group, but who is > making the policies? Can one person decide the official policy of ilug > cochin? Where was this policy discussed? Does members have any say in > deciding policies? > > > What's the big deal in reading this mail if all people in this list are > > standing for same reason. > > The big deal is because some people without names are making decisions > for the entire group. If it has to be an official policy it should be > discussed and approved by members. We may have to decide a process for > that. If at all we have to have a few person taking up responsible > positions, the community should be able to elect them democratically > for limited periods like in other free software communities like > debian. If at all we are following sabdfl method of Ubuntu, we got to > know who is that person. > > That mail did not reflect my stand, so I need to ask. > > > Moreover this list is not dedicated to any specific Free Software but to > > all Free software and everything that related to it. Its quite common > > people have different view at times. So you can't say that everyone > reading > > this agrees with each other. > > So who gets the final word on what is official? At the least we should > know who is responsible to make those decisions on behalf of the > community. > > > IF anyone is organizing an event that is remotely related to Free > Software > > in this list that doesn't mean it completely falls under the > "philosophy". > > Who is deciding it? What is the process for deciding it? lets be > transparent about the process. > I fully agree with this. In the homepage ilug could have the list of "responsible" persons. So that mails from [email protected] is always from the one who is holding that position. -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights > from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow > the > rules: laws and constitution. > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Regards, Rashad
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