On Thursday 03 Mar 2011, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>wrote: > > ? > > > > What has happened? > > > > Is this in reference to the fact that someone has been copying our > > posts to other lists? In what way can this be prevented, other > > than by internal trust between ourselves? Do you propose a > > technological alternative? > > There is a mismatch is expectations > FOSSCOMM is supposed to be a central organisation which should lead > major foss adoption projects , advocacy and training. This will come > from full time or 0.75*fulltime commitment. List is not a solution. > it is giving a feel good kind of satisfaction that atleast we are > doing something. we gathered gathered 2-3 times. There are many post > exist where nobody care about replying.
At the risk of being a bit harsh, I'd apply two rules here: 1. The ILUGD Rule: If you suggest something, you must be willing to initiate and drive it. Simply highlighting problems doesn't achieve anything -- if you feel strongly about it, take the initiative, start something, ask people to join, and if your approach is acceptable they will. 2. The FOSS Rule: Just because a project exists doesn't mean that people will automatically flock to it and make it better. The project must appeal to their natures, it must titillate and interest them, it must offer them something they aren't getting from other places, it must suit their tastes, it must offer them a sense of achievement. I've seen projects here that got mass support from the users of the list. So why do some projects garner the momentum and some never see the light of day? Presentation? Content? Approach? Not being a social scientist, I don't really know. I do know, however, that just complaining is not the right approach. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
