[wlug_org] On fragmentation of the List...

[David Murray]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Jethro Carr wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 17:05 +1200, Ewen McNeill wrote:
>> So as I suggested before possibly the "poll" to put to the Wellylug
>> membership is whether the main and "trade" mailing list should be
>> combined or not.  With the caveat that if they are combined then another
>> mailing list host will be required.
>
> I'm not interested in running a poll on the topic, but I will if many
> people on this list want me to.
>
> I think that it would be stupid to drop Ewen as our mailing list host,
> due to the fact that he always gives 99.99% uptime, stores all the
> archives, gives us the bandwidth, all for free. (thanks Ewen!)
>
> It would be hard to find someone to match/better that...

I don't think anybody has a problem with what Ewen and Nous have been 
generously donating to WellyLUG. And I don't see a need to move away from 
Nous hosting our two very low volume email lists.

I don't, however, see a point in WellyLUG having a separate nearly dead 
buy/sell/exchange list. Why not simply stand up at a meeting and announce 
that you've got xyz piece of hardware for sale?


Nobody has addressed the educational aspect of WellyLUG having free 
hardware available for members (if we had a membership) to either have or 
to borrow so that they/we could learn more about things that cannot be 
done with only one computer (if we had members actually wanting to learn 
- shocking tho' that might be).

What if a person came along and wanted to learn about Linux, but didn't 
have a computer of their own?

Having hardware available to WellyLUG can help to further the aims and 
objectives of the Group (that is, if it genuinely had any aims and 
objectives other than yakking or being a mutual helpdesk for 
semi-experienced professionals)

I am starting to feel that I should reconsider what value there can be 
from membership in WellyLUG.

We hear lots about what people don't want, and even more about what people 
don't want to do; but we hear very little indeed from people actually 
actively wanting to help, or wanting to contribute, or wanting to present 
Linux to the world, or even... wanting to turn up to meetings.

And I see a few people preserving vested interests.

WellyLUG should rediscover what its reason for existence is - and should 
act on that!


Cheers

David