Ted, >well, maybe the second meeting. in 1994.
Please don't exaggerate. :-) Organization was definitely not discussed until after the third meeting, at least. I was at the first meeting. And I was at the second meeting when the person who organized the first meeting said they could not do it any more, and I (braver than normal) raised my hand to take over "leading" the organization for eight or so years afterwards. At that time it was determined that we should not get any more "organized", and several times in the years I was the un-elected leader of the un-organization we discussed the question and voted down (in an informal way, since we were not "formal") the option of becoming "more formal". It is only within the past two or three years that we have seriously discussed "organizing", with a percentage of the people agreeing that this might be useful. I see both sides, and I think that both side's needs can be met, but I think it takes real organization, with a real charter, real goals and real checks and balances. The stuff David mentioned with SwANH solves none of these issues, although it does make the financials and mechanisms a bit easier. md P.S. Ted, I know that you were just tongue in cheek when you said it was the second meeting....it could have been as long as the fifth....we did not keep minutes at the time. -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
