On Saturday 20 September 2003 04:07 pm, Tony Green wrote: > Dear SLUG, > > Today we regretfully tender our resignation from the positions of Vice > President and President of the Sydney Linux Users Group. The remaining > SLUG committee members were informed of our decision on the 10th of > September. > > Our vision and hopes for SLUG seem to be incompatible with the inertia > of the community at large, as evidenced by lack of participation in SLUG > events and apparent willingness of the group to be 'spoonfed' by the > committee. > > Without an active, contributing community, SLUG will be driven solely by > the committee, succeeding only if they succeed. Though we have > envisioned "SLUG as a Free Software project", built upon everyone's > contributions, it seems that the group's expectations differ. > > This has culminated in making our roles within SLUG difficult, and left > us feeling unsatisfied and demotivated. After much deliberation, we feel > that it would be benificial for all parties if we resign our positions > now, rather than waiting until the AGM next year. > > It is for these reasons, combined with ongoing personal conflicts within > the committee, that we have decided to move on to new projects. We'll > still be contributing to and supporting SLUG as we always have. > > Thanks, > > - Tony Green and Jeff Waugh
AS a country member of this list, I am not sure of the politics involved, but will be sorry to see you vacate the positions. I understand how hard it is performing the leadership of any group, and hope this action shakes the lethargy from the rest!. Best Wishes, Doug Foskey. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
