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[Evan Leibovitch]

billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org wrote:

>Yet you have no problem airing out all the issues you have on the same public mailing list. You wonder why the GTALUG board doesn't take you seriously, it is simply you choose to attack every policy decision they make publicly on this list.
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Whether I agree with all of GTALUG's positions or not, I still see value
in co-operation in the service of the community. When I speak on this
list it is not as a representative of anyone. When I asked to speak to
GTALUG it was in my capacity as ExecDir of CLUE.

The co-operation I ask is with CLUE, not with me. There is no need to
make things personal; it is important and professional  to recognize
that community need overrides personal differences. If there is a
complaint with doing this on the list then I invite anyone on the Board
to engage in a dialogue offline.

>All the official CLUE mailings that come to me are from Bill Trayner.
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Yes, Bill is still deeply involved, but he's not the only one there.
Perhaps if people spent less time asking "who the hell are you?" and
more time looking for opportunities to serve the community, we'd all be
better off. Even if I didn't represent any group, is GTALUG too busy to
provide an audience to a longtime community member with a concrete idea
to increase its membership?

OTOH, if GTALUG can't separate the personal from the professional, and
having someone else from CLUE make the proposal will move this forward
faster, just say so. It's too much to ask Bill to come in from Kitchener
to address the Board, but I can ask Matt to take my place if that will help.

>There is no minefield. GTALUG has as its mandate to promote local groups, to develop local relations, and to run several meetings. You are asking GTALUG to expand its scope to include provincial and national issues.
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The Board of GTALUG doesn't even know what I'm asking because it hasn't
given me the opportunity. I am not asking anyone to exceed their
mandate, what I'm proposing is a concept well understood by the other
groups who are working with us.

>The point though is you are asking directly for help from GTALUG 
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The Board of GTALUG don't _know_ what I'm asking for because I haven't
been given the chance to ask. Before you can refuse something you need
to know what you're refusing.

I again request the opportunity to address the Board of GTALUG, either
at a meeting or in offline email. If I am given the chance to speak I
believe the Board will find my proposal to have value. If it will help
for someone else from CLUE to do this, that's OK too.

- Evan
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