To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of that post. It seems like it's trying to sit firmly on the fence[1] between those will paint him as a hero and those who will paint him as a villain, because I imagine this list, and LOPSA in general, contains a number of people in both camps.
Personally, I think this poses a great opportunity for us to examine this incident in the face of our ethics policy. DOES our ethics policy, as written today condone this activity? After that we can have a second, related conversation about whether that means the Ethics policy needs updating for clarification, or if it remains sufficient as-is. Cheers, D PS - Myself, I agree with Tom. I think this guy is showing "what a motivated system administrator can do for the civic good", DESPITE promises he has made and broken. [1] which is part of the problem I've long had with us trying to take advocacy positions on various topics. On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> wrote: > Derek, > > Thanks very much for starting the discussion thread on this topic. The board > has been in active discussions about it also and has posted a statement at: > > https://lopsa.org/content/lopsa-statement-regarding-system-administrator-eric-snowden > > We look forward to your comments. > > cheers, > > ski > > On 06/11/2013 09:37 AM, Derek Balling wrote: >> >> On Jun 11, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Daniel Gilmartin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I think part of the trust of the public for >>> systems and network people is that while we are 'good' we are also >>> neutral, we don't take sides - we make things work and this changes >>> that notion. >> >> If you're working for one of the sides you ARE taking sides. >> >> D >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > > -- > "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it > connected to the entire universe" John Muir > > Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, Director of LOPSA, [email protected], > 206-501-9803 or ski98033 on most IM services _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
