Andrew Sinclair wrote: > On 24 July 2010 05:45, Michael K <[email protected]> wrote: >> Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >> I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but I want you to know >> that long ago when I was on the committee for SLUG, I made a serious offer >> to assist with managing the website and content, since at the time I was >> attending the website design course at Granville. Nobody ever followed >> up with me about this, so I didn't pursue it since I had the distinct >> impression nobody was taking me seriously. >> >> Of course, my membership of SLUG lapsed long ago and I haven't been to >> a meeting since the venue changed from UTS, since I live in Bankstown, >> and am restricted to public transport. >> >> I don't wish to become engaged in any flaming, even though I feel there >> are several things SLUG could do to improve it's public profile. All I >> want to say is that the offer is still there to help out if you wish to >> contact me. I imaging much of the admin could be done off-site, and >> since I am still currently not working, I have plenty of free time. >> >> Anyway, if you think I can be of some help, please feel free to contact me. >> > Before anyone responds to this, I want to be first to say that the > Linux community are the hardest working group of trade professionals I > have seen in my professional career, let alone my natural life span. > In my experience with these people, I have found them to be the most > accommodating, even when the pressure is on, and the guests are > misbehaving. It is unwise for you to accuse them of not taking you > seriously. > > Please be aware that since UTS have removed the pro-bono rental of > their room for this community, we have been hard pressed finding > places that were able to accommodate us, as we jumped from venue to > venue. These locations were within the CBD but the distances between > them were sparse. > > The employee culture does not work so well for the Linux community. > Many of the people involved are contractors, some with their own > companies. Work is allocated on a best offer basis. It is inefficent > to assign complex tasks to people and properly assess their > suitability for said task. Participants are expected to use their own > discretion and assign their own tasks, based on the goals of the > community. > >
Ok, so I guess now that it's for "professionals" there's no room for people like me, just regular people who used to be a part of the communtity. What are the "goals of the community" as you put it? What am I supposed to do? Not offer my services? Because I'm not a "professional" like you? Damn you, and damn the inspiration I had to be so obsequious as to offer my services. You can consider them withdrawn, so I will no longer suffer this kind of treatment. I made my offer in good faith, apparantly that's not good enough. So be it. I'll not trouble you with my services, and you can take the "community" wherever you will. Because apparantly you will take it. Good luck, and hope it works well for you. Bye, Michael Kortvelyesy. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
