Surely his point was not the fact the person was from the blue mountains but
the fact that he was asking about ISP services without even mentioning the
word linux...
my 20c (inc GST) worth
alister
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Terry Collins
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2000 9:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] What is SLUG?
>
>
>
> > >Please read the following: SLUG ....
> > >
> > > S - Sydney
> > > L - Linux
> > > U - Users
> > > G - Group
> > >
> > >as opposed to ....
>
> Anyone who takes this attitude is going to open a very big can of worms.
>
> Firstly - where is Sydney?
> CBD? - Outer Metropolitain Area? - NSW ?
>
> There isn't an easy answer. Many of our workers are not Sydney people.
>
> I always remember another organisation where the president stood up and
> said "This is the Sydney blah..blah, not the blah...blah (you get the
> picture) and if you don't like it you can f%$k off"
>
> The volunteers who did the work did, massively, including many "Sydney"
> based people. It isn't a 5,000 member organisation anymore.
>
> It also raises the question that if SLUG is going to become CBD centric,
> why should the companies continue to support SLUG?
>
> People from Gosford, Blue Mountains, Wollongong, Camdem/Campbelltown are
> all slug members.
>
>
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> "People without trees are like fish without clean water"
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