[wellylug] (no subject)

[Damon Lynch]

On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 19:52, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >>
> >> For me, the first example that came to mind is the thread starting with
> >> http://lists.naos.co.nz/pipermail/wellylug/2004-February/005193.html
> >
> > Could you please be more specific?  That's a whole thread, and I am
> > having a hard time understanding the problem you are raising.  And since
> > you have raised it one more than one occasion, it would be useful to
> > clear it up once and for all.
> 
> I think that the point that Sam is trying to make is that it is not a LUGs
> job to try and give Linux as a solution to people who have not asked for
> an alternative solution.

Tony, as a member, asked a question of the LUG.  People responded.
Frankly I can't see what the big deal is.

> That is an advocacy type role which I do not see as a role that a USERS
> group should be taking. If people come to us for help then fine, but we
> should not be trying to force Linux on to people who have not asked for
> options.

The LUG did not approach the business.  The LUG didn't recommend
anything.  I see no one claiming he did approach the business on behalf
of the LUG.  Tony was asking as a user in a forum where it should be
okay to ask that kind of question.

Or do you see it differently?

The great irony for me here is that Colin was proposing rules a few
months ago to avoid precisely these confusions.

Damon