2014-04-15 20:16 GMT+05:30, Rashad M <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To The GNU/Linux Community, >> >> All offical communications regarding ILUG-Cochin events & views will only >> be announced on the mailing list using the email address events at >> ilug-cochin dot org. >> >> No other website or mailing list will be used for the purpose of >> communication of events and views. >> >> Views or programs announced/expressed by members need not necessarily >> reflect the official ILUG-Cochin views or programs. > > >> ILUG-Cochin takes no responsibility for any such programs or views. >> > > Please read the above carefully. To copy-paste: > "" > Views or programs announced/expressed by members need not necessarily > reflect the official ILUG-Cochin views or programs > "" > > This is true. Anyone can subscribe to mailing list. People can use this to > advertise their company, work, workshop or whatever. And all those many not > fall under the views/philosophy on Free Software. > > So please dont think of this mail is only to you when reading this.
No the problem is not with setting policy for the group, but who is making the policies? Can one person decide the official policy of ilug cochin? Where was this policy discussed? Does members have any say in deciding policies? > What's the big deal in reading this mail if all people in this list are > standing for same reason. The big deal is because some people without names are making decisions for the entire group. If it has to be an official policy it should be discussed and approved by members. We may have to decide a process for that. If at all we have to have a few person taking up responsible positions, the community should be able to elect them democratically for limited periods like in other free software communities like debian. If at all we are following sabdfl method of Ubuntu, we got to know who is that person. That mail did not reflect my stand, so I need to ask. > Moreover this list is not dedicated to any specific Free Software but to > all Free software and everything that related to it. Its quite common > people have different view at times. So you can't say that everyone reading > this agrees with each other. So who gets the final word on what is official? At the least we should know who is responsible to make those decisions on behalf of the community. > IF anyone is organizing an event that is remotely related to Free Software > in this list that doesn't mean it completely falls under the "philosophy". Who is deciding it? What is the process for deciding it? lets be transparent about the process. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
