I am new to the list but personally I feel that there using the "On behalf
of ILUGC" name for conducting free events and workshops should be allowed
or rather encouraged. Imparting knowledge for free resonates with the core
principles of the FOSS community.
The contentious part seems to be when the group's name is used for
promoting commercial events whose aim is to make money. A simple compromise
would be to allow sharing of information about commercial workshops but
making it clear that these events are conducted in purely individual
capacity and are not representative of the group. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks,
GR
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Balachandran Sivakumar <
benignbala at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM, A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
Further the member(s) in question should inform the list well in advance
and obtain an implicit no objection certificate on the mailing list.
Why do you think this is needed ? What does an "implicit" no
objection certificate mean ? What if people object to someone doing it
individually ? (may be out of jealousy, nothing valid). What if the
poerson is requested to present something short notice ? Do you think
we should not talk about/on behalf of ilugc even to genuinely
interested people. That's unfair.
But ILUGC may be involved in Free software events subject to clearance
from the mailing list.
From all 3000 members ? Just 1 member ? What if 5 guys agree and
5 guys disagree ?
Instead of doing our best to promote free software, and appreciating
people who earnestly do that, we are talking about totally unnecessary
rules here. At least Raman's points look quite reasonable, but I
personally do not agree with these as a necessity. Thanks
--
Thank you
Balachandran Sivakumar
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- Swami
Vivekananda
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