Hi Tony,
Just speaking for myself, I'm sorry to see you leave. I've been thinking of
doing the same, although at the moment it would be more because of ongoing
disillusionment than protest. (There have been a few occasions where it was
the other way around).
I'll hang around a bit to see where things go, especially as I would like
to know what they'll do without FDC funding, if, as appears to be the case,
they aren't applying for round 1. If I can say so, though, I felt the
manner in which your request to access the members list was handled was
exactly why I am disillusioned with the whole thing - too much of a focus
on arguing about minor procedural issues instead of addressing the major
ones.
Best of luck,
Adam.
On 1 October 2013 22:32, Tony Souter to...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Dear members and committee,
I had decided to resign just before the notification about moderation of
the private list arrived: that notification is irrelevant to my decision.
Most members, and probably the whole committee, loathe me. I can't see
that I'll have anything positive to contribute now, since the membership
register fiasco has soured things.
To be frank, I find I have to severely ration my WMF online time as it is,
and chapter activities – I mean real stuff, not just going around in
circles on the mailing list – have always been a much lower priority for me.
So I want to leave on a positive note, which is to repeat what I've said
before: in a country as sprawled out as Australia, forget meetups and get
online to achieve the aims. Personal relationships with cultural
institutions are the key: that can lead to real benefits for WMF sites.
Well done John Vandenberg and Whiteghost, and a few others who've started
good work on that count. I'd make those relationships a central aim,
identifying the members who are best suited to forging them, and supporting
them with small member teams. Probably you need to attract in more
professionals from cultural institutions as ... associate/guest members,
even fellowships, even if on a temporary basis: librarians, archivists,
broadcasters, museum people, academics who have contacts – but only if
they're prepared to work on temporary projects like persuading pre-targeted
institutions to release cultural products under free licences.
Now you can rejoice and be nasty about me behind my back for (another)
five minutes, then forget. I hope your election goes well.
Tony
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