Last nights meetings

[Andre Mangan]

Hello Andrew,

I hope that this is the right place to offload some of my frustrations.
Like you I also have a family life and I am able to sacrifice limited time
to Ubuntu.  I have been quite active in the Ubuntu Forums, Launchpad and
LinuxQuestions until I could no longer afford the time to devote myself to
answering questions relating to the Ubuntu operating system and as a
consequence have withdrawn considerably (I have many other things to do).

When I first decided to use Ubuntu as "my" operating system, I did offer my
services (expertise gained after many years in the NSW Public Service
system) but my offer was ignored (that was in 2006).

Attempts to make contact with the local Linux User Group resulted in no
reply as did a letter to Linux Australia relating to the local Linux user
group.

Discouragement at every step.

I learnt how to find my own solutions and survived.  I must acknowledge the
support of a few Ubuntu friendlies and new friends that made my path
bearable.

All the above may be of no interest to anyone - consider it as gratuitous if
you wish to what follows.

Thank you for posting the meeting log.  How disappointing that the
governance issue was not raised.  It is really important.

I rise with the sun and go to bed soon after it sinks, hence my absence from
the meeting - 9 p.m., in my opinion, is for those who have nothing else to
do or are waiting for something to happen to justify their insomnia...but
then I might just be one of the old-timer Australians with a different set
of values.

Reading the meeting summary, it seems to me that the meeting was largely a
meaningless fiasco - and who appointed Scott Evans as a moderator (not that
I have anything against him)?

Where is the leadership for the Australian Team?  Waving a stick pretending
to be the moral guardian is not sufficient.

There are so many willing people but no-one to harness all this energy.

There is something seriously amiss here - e.g. no structure, no
administration, no cohesion.

Please repair as soon as you can.  If I can help, count me in.

Andre







On 16 March 2010 16:58, AndrewG <gandella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is the log file for last nights meeting, for anybody that missed
> it.
> Ubuntu-au governance was not talked about.
>
> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/free/2010/03/15/%23ubuntu-au.html
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