What TCLUG needs is a maverick. Jeremy wrote: > TCLUG is a decentralized organization. Several people each play a small role > to pull it all together. There is the mailing list, the website, hosting, > domain ownership, and planning meetings. > > I currently have the admin credentials to the website, but the website is > hosted by Real-time, and I think Munir also manages the mailing list. I plan > the meetings, with the occasional help/advice of Eric, Paul, Chris, and > others. The University hosts the meetings. Brian holds alternative meetings > (penguins unbound) on saturday mornings. Tony organizes Ubuntu-specific > meetings. It looks like Jima has the domain. The speakers agree to speak > without compensation. > > There is a difference between 'no leadership', and decentralized control. If > there were no leadership, none of those things would get done. In some ways, > it reflects the FOSS community, where everyone pitches in to help. > > This is also why a name change is difficult. For instance, when we update the > website, will we do more than change the logo and text, such as modernize it? > We've heard proposals about rewriting the website in drupal, or rails, and > all sorts of fancy stuff, but who will support it? And I mean support it for > many years. RIght now it is stable and well supported. > > From an operational point of view, If we change the name the risk of > disrupting the balance that supports tclug. Yes, the switch sounds easy on > paper, like most projects, but I've thought it through, and it would not be > trivial. And that assumes we can reach consensus one way or another. > > Jeremy > > On Tuesday 07 October 2008 1:37:40 pm Jima wrote: > >> Chuck Cole wrote: >> >>> Mike Miller wrote: >>> >>>> I am not trying to usurp any authority. >>>> >>> There is none. There is no "group", no leadership, and no way to make >>> decisions except by fiat. I think Rick Tanner's opinion is essential for >>> this.. maybe a few others. Jima's role seems to me to be more >>> significant than he admits. >>> >> I'm not sure if you're implying that I'm just being modest, or what. >> Facts of the matter: I didn't found TCLUG. My involvement began 2-3 >> years after it happened. I have no write/edit access to >> any TCLUG-branded web sites (except maybe the beer meeting page, and I >> don't recall the credentials). All I have is DNS control over one, >> non-primary, domain name. And maybe some sway with whoever's holding >> the keys, not that I'm certain who that is these days. >> I've represented the group in arguably official capacities in the >> past, yes, but I haven't had time or energy to invest in over four years. >> >> Any further implications regarding my "role?" >> >> Jima >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081007/4af25932/attachment.htm