LEADERSHIP and a ROADMAP

[Cary Bielenberg]

Michael,
         Your question about regional areas is a curly one, In Qld we have a few regional areas Toowoomba, Rockhampton & Townsville that might have enough users to setup a LoCo, I guess we should focus on state based loCo's in the 1st instance so as not to disadvantage remote users.

my 2c 

Cary

Michael <keltoiboy at gmail.com> wrote ..
> Hi Andrew, and everyone else who wishes to take part in this
> discussion.
> 
> I see you have put alot of thought into this and I applaud your
> initiative in bringing this matter to the forefront again.
> 
> I don't have many comments to make at this time but the ones I do have
> to make will probably ruffle a few feathers, if they do my apology is
> thus tendered in advance.
> 
> I personally like the idea of an ACC although the smaller Councils may
> be a bit difficult to setup initially. There needs to be a
> consideration of minimum numbers required for a smaller council and
> this is because places like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will have
> the opportunity to create a LoCo each simply because they have the
> numbers. Where does this place people like myself who live in a rural
> centre? Apart from on person who I personally know but haven't seen
> for about 6 years there is no other Ubuntu users on the Ubuntu-AU
> membership list in my region let alone in my town. So will we have a
> Sydney LoCo and a "Rest of NSW" LoCo? or will we just have a NSW LoCo?
> 
> I truly believe this LoCo has no transparency. There was a comment
> made during the meeting about having an election. The comment was
> basically that elections are a popularity contest and do not really
> mean the person who gets elected is the best for the job. While this
> is true to a certain extent a transparent election process is much
> better than the current "meritocratic" process. Why is this? Well 1
> person currently says who can do what, now unfortunately this is
> getting into the realms of micro-management simply because a very
> tight leash is being held on this small community. If this community
> is going to expand people are going to have to be allowed to do things
> without gaining the approval of an "autocratic ruler". I know with the
> current system I will never get anywhere with this community, even
> though I would like to, simply because I have a fundamental difference
> of opinion to others and because of this I don't have any chance of
> being seen as having a "level head". The current situation therefor
> can be seen as being as bad, if not worse, than a transparent election
> process simply because those who want to be able to do things have to
> be "popular" with a certain self appointed group.
> 
> I may have more to say later but I think it would be best if I stopped
> where I have and see what others have to say.
> 
> Cheers.
> Michael (k3lt01)
> 
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