Hallo all : - Regarding talk of "further fragmenting the Scottish LUG community" this allegation assumes at least three things : - 1 That Tony's proposed new UG would be under the LUG umbrella; 2 That one could not be in both a LUG and the pnUG (so as in religious and political mainstreams and sects); 3 That fragmentation is bad in itself and that Tony forking off in despair (if he does) couldn't lead anywhere for the rest.
Assumes, I say, but I was told in recent years that to ASSUME makes an ASS of U and ME. For the current record where is there a brief history of ScotLUG's early days please? Pat On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 08:17:45 +0000 William Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Dyer wrote: > > > I have become increasingly disaffected by the lack of progress and > > decisions the charting SLUG's future. As such I intend to form a > > distinct UG, in the Greater Glasgow Area, devoted to a broad range of > > Open Source as well as Linux issues and taking in user as well as > > technical views. If anyone is interested in joining me please contact me > > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wish those who continue with SLUG every > > success in the future. My Heart and Head are no longer with my co-creation. > > This kind of response is disappointing to say the least. A lack of > progress and decisions regarding the LUG in the middle of December is > hardly something to get worked up about - this is a time when most people > are winding down and are possibly away from keyboards. > > Some good comments have been made over the last couple of weeks, and while > formalised progress hasn't been decided upon, I think it's only fair to > mull over further comments and thoughts over the holiday period. I notice > that you didn't participate in the discussion which you yourself initiated > on the 9th - any reason for that? You could have guided that thread to > engage and enliven LUG members to be more proactive, but you didn't - why? > You changed your mind from offering to turn up at meetings and do some > content for the website at around half past eight on Monday night to > forming another Glasgow LUG at about half past ten. If you attribute your > change of heart to some indigestion after your dinner, I can somewhat > understand, but otherwise it just smacks of impatience and offhanded > irritation. > > If you feel that your only way forward is to abandon the existing LUG and > attempt to form a new one, then good luck to you, but it seems an extremely > rash and ill-mannered decision to make. If you want to take charge of > something and take it forward, why not do so with the existing LUG instead > of creating a new LUG, fragmenting the community? > > I suggested earlier in the month that the community that is ScotLUG become > GLUG, retaining the current membership, times, goals, etc, and the ScotLUG > "brand" be used as an umbrella organisation to help bring together the LUG > communities in Scotland. You are suggesting further fragmenting the > Scottish LUG community - can we have more details reasons why you feel this > is necessary? > > Please don't take any of these comments as an attack - I genuinely would > like to hear your answers to my questions, and any other comments you wish > to make to make your position and thinking clearer. if you still feel your > only course of action is to fragment the community, I again wish you luck > and also a guid new year. > > -- > _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "When Microsoft Office is your only hammer, > \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ pretty much everything begins to look like > =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ a nail. Or a thumb." -- Rob Pegoraro > U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! neuro at well dot com http://neuro.me.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r0 & Sylpheed 0.7.4 are free software Free as in http://fsfeurope.org/ or http://www.fsf.org/ also http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ & http://www.ukcdr.org/ & http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
