John Botscharow wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:03:25 +0100 > alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan, > > You, I guess, are what we in the "colonies" like to call a lone wolf. > You are, and this is not a criticism but merely a statement of fact, > not a team player, and that is fine.
It is an incorrect statement. I can be a teamplayer - see how long I have been here. I can be a leader I can be a follower. I can also do whatever is necessary - without an elected leader. My point is that such a thing is not essential. [...] >> The meeting was arranged, and took place without an elected leader. >> People attended because they wanted to, not because someone told them >> to. Someone had to arrange it, that is not necessarily a job of a >> leader. It is the job of whoever is good at doing the organising and >> communicating about it. > > Yes, no one was elected, but without Onno's leadership at the meeting, > we would not have gotten anything done. I do agree we do not > necessarily need elected leaders. But if the leadership is > self-selected, as cream rising to the top - which I feel it did at the > meeting - that leadership has to publicly accept that responsibility, > which is what should have happened at the meeting, but did not. Had > that happened - had we all agreed to serve as the core marketing group > - - "until we get killed or the team finds someone better" to paraphrase > one of my favorite movie lines, we'd not be having this discussion. Do we need a leader to suggest this line of discussion is not very fruitful? > Instead we'd be discussing concrete actionable projects that need to be > done to help people like you and the LoCos do a better job of marketing > Ubuntu0 Such projects can be named without further discussion, surely? Lobby educators, media, Congress, etc, etc -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
