To web at work: Thank you for your answer. Lisi Reisz did say that the
question was asked as to where the meeting was to held, which I never
saw. I would like the list to be unpolitical as well, and can use the
help it provides. So why was the politics raised and especially in an
arrogant manner? That is what bugged me and still does! In other words,
this list does NOT keep itself to its proclaimed reasons for being. If
there are to be political issues involved, then a separate list should
be made for those issues and KEPT off the users forum!!!!! That would
then mean that all would be welcome to learn, regardless of where they
are situated and without rancor from anyone!!! :-( >:o Angry and
puzzled, am I!
web at work wrote:
From: "Lisi Reisz"
On Wednesday 09 April 2008 19:51:02 John Boyle wrote:
I am unsubscribing from this list because of the arrogant
attitude of those who, before making the decision to hold the alleged
OOo conference in Beijing, did not bother to ask others for their
opinion on where to hold that meeting!
They did ask. All OOo members could vote. Beijing won by a large
margin.
(All the other proposed sites were in Europe.)
Lisi
If we were to get into politics, we all would have much to
say about many countries. EU nation members may bash USA,
while USA members bash other nations. Beijing and its policies
towards its "controlled" countries has never been good. Now
with the Olympics this summer and other stuff making China
more in the spotlight, people are voicing their opinions more.
BUT, this is a list of email users and "helping hands" that serve the
English speaking user "world wide". Other languages have other
lists.
This list should be above politics. Someone from one country
could have a question, while someone from another country may
have an answer to it. If I refuse to help out a person from
Russia or the Middle East because I do not like some politics of that
country, then I am no better than what I think that person could be.
This list is here to help everyone. No matter which country the
person is emailing from. The Open Source Community should be
above worrying about a politics, ethnic origin, religion, or disability.
With that said, I do not like to see the conference held in China,
just like I do not want a certain party to be voted in as the President
of the USA. But, I am not the sole voter on that subject. I do not
remember how many emails I received about the voting for
where the conference was to be held, or the process to choose
the list of possible locations to vote on.
I am just one vote among many. My vote counts equally as
any one else. The votes were counted and the conference is in
Beijing China this time. I may not like it. You many not like it.
Yet the majority of voters chose that location. Next year you/me
could organize a proposal for the conference to be in a city near you/me.
Please, Please, keep politics out of this email list service.
We all have our opinions and each are necessary for a
community to function properly. This is not the place for
politics to get in the way with helping others.
Now let us all get on with the helping part of this email list.
OK?
Please?
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