TLUG's value to community ???

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 12:41:48PM -0400, G. Matthew Rice wrote:
> billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org writes:
> > >incorporated.  In fact, one of the founders of LPI had to keep the initial
> > >sponsorship money in a personal bank account until the incorporation was
> > >complete.
> > > 
> > > I'm representing myself as a member of TLUG.
> > 
> > Actually Matt you have quite liberally changing hats as you have gone
> > along. For example the above statement about LPI's sponsorship clearly has
> > you wearing that hat.
> 
> I will have to disagree with you there.  Just because I am privy to some LPI
> knowledge doesn't mean that I am representing them here.  Can you show me one
> statement where I claim to speak for LPI in this thread?

Actually, the minute you talk about internal financial of a organization you are representing them. With or without their permission is a different story.

> 
> 
> > And while I agree with your assesment of LPI mandate and creation you forgot
> > to mention that GTALUG mandate was the evolution and formalization of the
> > informal TLUG mechanism. GTALUG's claim to represent TLUG because that was
> > what it was mandated to do. This is also why Drew has never complained that
> > some group has taken over his role.
> 
> LOL.  Drew isn't even subscribed to his own mailing list.  What I really
> forgot to mention was that this mandate came from _some_ of the TLUG
> volunteers.  Not all of them.  When I attended early incorporation
> discussions, I recall that I constantly asked why we were incorporating.

I believe you have our roles reversed. When we first started I was the single biggest voice gainst, and it was all my concerns that had to be addressed. Clive and George were one step from strangling me.

> 
> I wasn't against the idea, I just wanted us to have a better reason than
> 'because'.  Somehow, along that process, I ceased to get invited to further
> meetings.

Actually the reason you stopped being invited is we stopped meeting. When the process was done and the paperwork was complete we sent everything off and waited for the government and the lawyers to do there stuff. We waited 18 months for that to complete.

> 
> Is it really that hard to have the exec of GTALUG come to a TLUG and/or
> NewTLUG meeting and answer some questions and provide some information?

No it isn't I have no problem doing it.

Also someone did volunteer to scan in and make a PDF of the charter. We are still waiting for that to be accomplished so it can be made available.

Bill

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