On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Baskar Selvaraj <bas...@linuxpert.in>wrote:
> Dear all, > > My sincere apologies for posting the FDP/Workshop Event Report mails in > ILUG-C in the recent times. > Do not understand the apology why ? > As I came to know through Mr.Shrinivasan, the members of the ILUG-C > community were against the term 'on behalf of ILUG-C' used in my posts. > Who are they ? what contention's do they have to your actions, the commercial and non commercial is long lost argument , tell me when we are talking about sustainable development in every walk of life when you try to get some mileage out of the name and kind of work you do , i would rather applaud rather than frown upon. we as kids are taught to mistrust than to trust someone's actions , unless there are serious vilolations with proof of specific incidents againts you i do not think you are causing any harm to the so called ILUC-C community. Would like to hear from everyone on this list what is your take on this case ? > As you all are aware that I have been a longtime mem > o > ber of this community > actively promoting FOSS in academics since 2003. Apart from any commercial > activities, I spend much of my time in promoting FOSS in colleges through > FDP/Workshops. > do what you think works , do not get distracted by fence sitters and people who waste much energy thinking of what could be your motives than help you with the cause. > > Our list has more than 3000 members as of now and we have more members from > academic who is also watching this list. These members contact me directly > requesting for Workshop/FDPs to conduct in their colleges (instead of > posting them to list). Nearly 80% of my programs which I have done so far > in colleges are also unpaid and I don't take any advantage of promoting my > business activity through my programs (all colleges knows this truth very > well). > i would encourage this even if it is done , the only thing to watch for is keeping it transparent in terms of money , share whatever you get with the volunteers who turn up to help you . You build a community who believe in your vision and then soon you will not need any support from ILUG-C too :-) -Satya Satyaakam.net <http://satyaakam.net/> | fossevents.in | fossacademy.org _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines