[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Time and again, there have been expressions on this list that > management decisions in ILUG-Delhi are taken behind closed doors. > While I personally feel that ILUG-D is among the most open > organisations that I have been a part of, and strongly resent such > implications, there must be some truth behind this, as it has been > expressed by many people.
If this post is a direct reaction of what I had written in the morning, I would again like to reiterate that I did not imply that decisions are being made behind closed doors. Any society related discussions can and should be made at physical society meetings. Any attempt at online participation will not only complicate matters, but also hamper any real decision making. I would strongly urge you not to consider any option of online participation in such meetings. For society related matters, it only encourages participation from half-interested parties who can mostly only talk but shy away from actual action. I again repeat, my only concern is that whether non-participants in such meetings (whatever the reason behind such non-participation might be) have any right to discuss meeting decisions in this list. It would be a real tragedy if this is discouraged. Many FOSS committees attend meetings and take decisions on behalf of the community. But at the end of the day when they disclose the decisions, they also spend time explaining their decisions to the online community. Is it therefore really too much to ask for? What is it that is making you feel so resentful? In this particular case though, the renaming of the event was a complete surprise. Nobody knew that such a requirement was there. Normally before such decisions, people did discuss things online before deciding on the final option in the actual meeting. It is still ok that the meeting participants discovered the need in the meeting, and also found a solution. But is it wrong to discuss the decision in the mailing list? Or has the objective of the list changed - and that we can only discuss Linux here and all ILUGD related discussions have to happen at the meeting? If that it so, accept my apologies. You will hear no more from me on such matters in the future. - Sandip _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
