[wellylug] Aims or Objectives

[Enkidu]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:49:34 +1200, you wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:36, Sam Cannell wrote:
>> I acquired my negative view of the more militant Open Source advocates
>> in the couple of years I was subscribed to NZLug.  Over that time, I saw
>> it decline from an interesting, useful resource to a torch-waving
>> anti-Microsoft lynch mob.  I hate to say it, but over the past months
>> I've seen the same thing beginning to occur here.
>
>So just to clarify -- you have some past experience in another group
>which you do not like.  You don't want to see the same thing happen in
>our group.  It has not actually happened yet, but you fear it might.
>
>Question: what steps do you believe would need to be in place for our
>group to remain a positive environment in which to realise the goals of
>the various members?  It could involve activities, guidelines, goal
>setting, anything that would help.   I am sure by working together we
>could achieve more than as individuals working alone.
>
I agree with Sam. That whole episode was truly ugly. I wouldn't have
believed the agressive arrogance of the OSS advocates, who seemed to
think that all Linux groups should be all be "chapters" under the OSS
banner and that they should run and what is more "license" everything.

It's a legitimate worry when people start on about formalisation. It
needn't go that way though.

Cheers,

Cliff