[wlug_org] Hostile takeover meanderings

[Chris Hodgetts]

I think what I was trying to say, probabally in the wrong way, was that,

Under a "Commette" system, they make all the rules, and have all the
power, and can basically do what they like and say "Screw You - vote me
out at the next election, until then shut up, we are doing it our/my way"

I think that any lug member has the right to say, I think we should do
this, and if a majority aggree in a poll (lasting say two weeks) then a
vote is taken and if only 3 people vote, and 2 say yes and one says no,
then it goes ahead - all the fools who didnt vote should not moan, they
had the right to voice their oppinon with their mouse clicks - if they are
not happy then vote it out.
And yes it could get into a roundabout but then thats the price we pay for
freedom as a group........... IMHO.


The majority seem to just wanna sit down and talk about linux .. YAAAA --
what a lug is about - must say the IRC channel is working out very well
BTW....

but yeah .. I think what I was trying to get accross was that  I dont like
the idea of a group of people deciding the future direction of the group..
I believe it should be left up to everyone... equal power within the group
for eveyone .. weather they use Mandrake, redhat or that ultimate supreem
distro Debian.... or a Mac :)






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>> Hostile take overs are a good thing, however any and all changes need to
>> be decided by 51% of the wellylug membership.
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> Not sure I agree. (That's a politer way of saying "I think you are wrong",
> which is how I'd say it if hostilities had commenced, or "You're full of
> ____",
> if hostilities were well underway :-)
>
> In a group like Wellylug anything engendering hostility is IMHO a BAD
> thing, at
> the very least it creates division & takes time & involvement away from
> the
> core activities (which are enshrined in guidelines somewhere, but I'm sure
> don't involve hostile bickering :-)
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> The 51% thing seems to be a new rule (at least I don't remember any such
> rule/guideline ever being ratified by our carefully defined ratification
> process :-)
>
> Brent
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