---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andre Mangan <[email protected]> Date: 11 June 2010 08:42 Subject: Re: Team Appointment Process - Poll To: David Fawcett <[email protected]>
On 11 June 2010 02:49, David Fawcett <[email protected]> wrote: > I read this post a couple of times and it seems to me that you are > complaining that there aren't enough people actively involved in the process No, David, not complaining, just stating a fact. Those people who are currently active in Ubuntu-Au are a tiny portion of the total membership. > and then blaming the people who are bothered to get involved in the process > for being lazy? Where did you get that idea from? I am involved and I am not lazy. You might want to rethink your position. > That comment I would consider as rude. I think that you should read my post yet again. You seem to have misunderstood. If there is anything unclear, please say so and I will try to explain it to you. Andre > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Andre Mangan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> All these polls, whether they are for governance structures or IRC meeting >> times are totally valueless unless the main body of Ubuntu users in >> Australia come out of their hiding places and declare their wishes. >> >> The current poll on governance registers the opinions of 18 Ubuntu users. >> Hardly a representative sample and certainly not a valid nor acceptable vote >> (as was the vote on IRC meeting times). >> >> Reading the minutes of the last IRC meeting, I noticed the brave mention >> of "should we revisit the time set aside for these meetings". There is no >> point in asking the converted, you need to ask the 200+ registered ubuntu-au >> members. >> >> Elect a representative, a governor if the term pleases you, and let this >> person drive the push to rejuvenating Ubuntu-au and ultimately >> re-accreditation. >> >> To those who seek refuge behind the voluntary nature of ubuntu-au and >> therefore claim that they cannot exercise any authority, I would remind them >> that many ubuntu-au users have signed the code of conduct and thereby have >> placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the requirements of Launchpad >> and Ubuntu. >> >> "Laissez-faire" is just another term for administrative laziness. >> >> Andre >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10 June 2010 14:07, Lisa Milne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:32:29 +1000 >>> andrew <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I have created a poll on the appointment process for team positions. >>> > >>> > http://www.doodle.com/pn7hyxe77wwr8bka >>> > >>> > >>> > HOW TO VOTE CARD >>> > >>> > Meritocracy - Keep the current process. >>> > >>> > Democracy - Everybody has a say in who is appointed to the leadership >>> > team. >>> > >>> > >>> > Andrew G. >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > ubuntu-au mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >>> >>> This poll wasn't discussed or suggested at the meeting, therefore I'm >>> calling it "Andrew's personal poll" and ignoring it. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lisa Milne <[email protected]> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-au mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >>> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >> >> >
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