Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Dale
On 16 May 2010 12:15, Paul Shirren wrote: > The behaviour of a handful of people on this list has been very poor in > my opinion. I think the campaign has been personal, misdirected and > pretty much lacking in direction or even the hint of constructive outcomes. > > I think getting reapproved is

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Paul Shirren
On 15/05/10 8:32 AM, Andre Mangan wrote: > Who or what is jdub? jdub is a past Gnome release manager, SLUG president and early Canonical employee and has done a lot more besides. In 2003 or 2004 when I posted a comment about how I wished Debian had a desktop orientated branch with regular release

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Tony "H.G" Candito
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Dave Hall wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 22:55 +1000, Tony "H.G" Candito wrote: >> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Jared Norris wrote: >> > This same small >> > group of people then flooded the mailing list with email after email >> > essentially just rehashing

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Peter Goggin
It is a pity that there are not more adults and less children on this list. Moat of the discussion appears to have been childish and rather pointless. Regards Peter Goggin On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 00:50 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 22:55 +1000, Tony "H.G" Candito wrote: > > O

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 22:55 +1000, Tony "H.G" Candito wrote: > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Jared Norris wrote: > > This same small > > group of people then flooded the mailing list with email after email > > essentially just rehashing the same thing over and over again. > > Lot's of hidden

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Scott Evans
Well in effect I believe that all positions held should be up for discussion/vote... Others may disagree, but I believe its the only way to start afresh... -- Scott Evans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ht

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Tony "H.G" Candito
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Jared Norris wrote: > This same small > group of people then flooded the mailing list with email after email > essentially just rehashing the same thing over and over again. Lot's of hidden ass-kissing and contradictions. People weren't helping precisely because M

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Jared Norris
On 14 May 2010 17:18, Melissa Draper wrote: > Greetings, > > Back when we first started pooling information for the reapproval > process, I mailed the list and called for information and help in the > documenting process; help to construct the reapproval application wiki > page. > > A few people s

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Michael Chesterton
On 15/05/2010, at 9:02 AM, Andre Mangan wrote: > > I expected a retaliatory attack and predictably it came. > > @Michael Chesterton: It seems to me that you wrote in anger - I forgive you > but I object to your allegation that "you are a vocal minority and the cause > of the loco losing its

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Andre Mangan
I expected a retaliatory attack and predictably it came. @Michael Chesterton: It seems to me that you wrote in anger - I forgive you but I object to your allegation that "you are a vocal minority and the cause of the loco losing its status" Can you substantiate that allegation? I know that you

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Melissa Draper
On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 18:06 +1000, Andre Mangan wrote: > Hello Melissa, > > I have been a part of this mailing list since 2005. Back then I was a > keen neophyte and eager to belong. I wrote to the designated Team > Contact to offer some suggestions on improving some aspects of the > organisatio

RE: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Ryan Macnish
Subject: Re: Getting reapproved On 14/05/10 18:06, Andre Mangan wrote: ... That is one of the failings of having only one person for contact for the whole of Australia. There really should be several. That's actually a good suggestion. I tried to start something like that

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Paul Gear
On 14/05/10 18:06, Andre Mangan wrote: ... That is one of the failings of having only one person for contact for the whole of Australia. There really should be several. That's actually a good suggestion. I tried to start something like that here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Michael Chesterton
Hello Andre, I have some good news, and some bad news. First the bad, you are a vocal minority and the cause of the loco losing its status. The good news, your voice is as good as anyones. If I were you, I would go make sure the agenda is relevant to you, attend the meeting, try and get a t

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-14 Thread Andre Mangan
Hello Melissa, I have been a part of this mailing list since 2005. Back then I was a keen neophyte and eager to belong. I wrote to the designated Team Contact to offer some suggestions on improving some aspects of the organisation as well as offering my talents. I never did receive a reply. I