have you now grasped the idea? - there is no proposal from anyone to change "CLUG" in any way, shape, or form.
You proposed a discussion about a possible proposal to ...
But frankly, that doesn't matter. Don't be so defensive! It was interesting to see the FSF are trying to promote the use of "GNU/Linux" in user group naming conventions. Thanks for finding that and mentioning it. Even though you "didn't propose" creating/renaming a "GNU/Linux" user group, the idea was implicit, interesting, and worth discussion. So far a small handful of mailing list members have chosen to comment.
i.e. which is more polite - to attempt an answer & risk provocation, or to make clear by silence that this won't happen.
In an environment whose purpose is discussion, perhaps the former. Provocation does not necessarily have to be adversarial. In an environment where there is no reliable feedback that a message has been received, the latter is problematical.
-jim
