Re: OT mailing lists wit web interface (was Re: diversity (was: Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism))

2019-10-28 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 09:57:56PM +0200, Harald Welte wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 08:50:48PM +0200, Geza Giedke wrote: >> I know that I'm old-fashioned in this respect, but I think for >> online discussions no better system than Usenet has been invented, >> but mailing lists are the next

OT mailing lists wit web interface (was Re: diversity (was: Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism))

2019-10-24 Thread Harald Welte
Hi Geza, On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 08:50:48PM +0200, Geza Giedke wrote: > I know that I'm old-fashioned in this respect, but I think for online > discussions no better system than Usenet has been invented, but mailing > lists are the next best options. Full ACK. > Is there any software that

Re: diversity (was: Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism)

2019-10-22 Thread Geza Giedke
Florian Snow wrote on 21/10/19 7:03: > Also agreed. One of the ideas to reduce barriers was to examine the use > of mailing lists vs something without as many implicit rules (and > potentially more inviting design), such as our Discourse instance > (community.fsfe.org). I would be interested

Re: diversity (was: Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism)

2019-10-21 Thread Christian Imhorst
Hi Florian, Am 21. Oktober 2019 07:03:32 MESZ schrieb Florian Snow : >Agreed. I hope what I wrote didn't come off that way. I meant to >describe a challenge, not make an excuse. Yes, I know. We both know that's a challenge. :-) >When in comes to the FSFE, there are also additional issues

diversity (was: Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism)

2019-10-21 Thread Florian Snow
Hi Christian, Christian Imhorst writes: > If you want more diversity, the first question must be: Why doesn't it > work? The answer, that there are simply no woman, for example, just > white cis man is imho something made easy. Agreed. I hope what I wrote didn't come off that way. I meant to

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-09-17 Thread Paul Sutton
On 16/09/2019 18:24, Christian Imhorst wrote: > Hi Florian, > > sorry for my late reply. > > Am 28.05.19 um 07:26 schrieb Florian Snow: >> Christian Imhorst writes: >>> We need more diversity in the Free Software movement, because it means >>> respecting people as they are, without prejudice.

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-09-17 Thread Christian Imhorst
Hi Florian, sorry for my late reply. Am 28.05.19 um 07:26 schrieb Florian Snow: Christian Imhorst writes: We need more diversity in the Free Software movement, because it means respecting people as they are, without prejudice. Diversity brings solutions to complex problems of the present and

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-05-28 Thread Florian Snow
Hi Christian, Christian Imhorst writes: > But I have a problem with the personality cult around him. While I think that RMS is often misunderstood and usually does not talk about topics that he is well informed about, I also worry about the personality cult. What happens to a community

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Kesper
Hi all, On 27.05.19 10:21, Christian Imhorst wrote: > I think RMS is a brilliant mind when he talks about Free Software. No > question. Unfortunately he is not so brilliant in other topics. And it's not > an excuse that he is a child of  the decade he was born in. [1][2] RMS is not a speaker

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-05-27 Thread Christian Imhorst
Hello Carsten, I think RMS is a brilliant mind when he talks about Free Software. No question. Unfortunately he is not so brilliant in other topics. And it's not an excuse that he is a child of the decade he was born in. [1][2] Sure, he makes big contributions to the Free Software movement.

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-05-20 Thread Carsten Agger
On 5/13/19 11:57 AM, Christian Imhorst wrote: Hi, I support FSFE and not FSF - among other things - because of Stallman. No question RMS did much good for the Free Software movement. After all, he founded it and he is one of the reasons why Free Software even exists. But I don't think he