-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 November 2004 12:22 pm, Dave Bourassa wrote: > Jarrod, correct me if I'm wrong, but if that's what you were wondering, > rest assured, we the executive, are not doing that. We simply are > adding the suggestion box as one more tool to allow members to avail > themselves of an opportunity to speak up and be heard, without fear of > embarassment etc. Nothing is being taken away, only something being added.
Nope the discussion on meeting format and presentations is still open. The 'suggestion box' was on my list of things to do and considering how things were going, it seemed like a good time to implement it. It was not meant in any way to discourage open discussion on this list or publicly. The clug-talk list disappearing was a curious, disturbing coincidence. Contrary to some members' beliefs about the Executive we are not trying to hide anything from anybody. As I explained in an earlier post, if people are wanting to see what suggestions are being made we can look into providing that detail. So far it hasn't been used for suggeting much of anything. The first one was a joke, the second one seemed like a pat on the back and a half-serious suggestion. The third was a question about the mailing list. The fourth was a rant about the clug-talk list, the Executive and the transparency issue. Just so you all know, one of the things on our list of things to do is to add multiple forms to the website that would enable anyone various ways to contact the Executive on various topics. We are planning on making it easier to ask questions, submit comments along with as the suggestion box we have. We have recently had another meeting on website development. So you see, we are doing things. We will endeavor to let you all know what we are doing and when so there is no guess-work or questions. And for those that think we are doing nothing but posturing you can see how active we are as well. It takes a heck of a lot more to run this show than most of you think (this is not fishing for compliments). I am quite disheartened that people think we are doing a poor job. You are entitled to your opinions. I have had to repeat this a lot lately but we are trying to make some changes, things don't happen as quickly as you might want them to but there are changes afoot. One of the main reasons I got involved with this group was to try to make changes to the way the group worked. I am happy with most of the changes I have been a party to. Some of the things are not so good and some need revisiting. I believe that this group will undergo many changes over the course of its existence. Change is good. - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D CLUG President Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQZUVqACQFPa+bt49AQLjeQQAsKkQrIlSAHLdI9jeoZOYgbtpI0MoiTmb +PbhUAx490JR0cDZJ4RQMEUa7k5gzjlJQeF4JJ5+kXUM+M7yxss2Co4dKRiEgTdK Clen3SEJicXgDwACoVo0CFkpMXkhye+pWOjqLZiYnre/C52lwtugl0oj9i4ZLJq6 +PV94yWVnpA= =BMgy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
