AGM (was Re: [ILUG] Restict posting to ILUG to members only?)

[Rory Browne]

On 6/1/05, kevin lyda <kevin+dated+1118061686.8725ba at ie.suberic.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:25:04PM +0100, Ruairi Newman wrote:
> > Speaking of AGMs, isn't this due soon?  Or was the move to October last year
> > permanent?
> 
> turnout seemed better in october.  however that may have been due to the
> closed/open mailing list vote.
> 
> to encourage participation this time, i'd like to propose a vote for the
> next agm:
> 
>    debian is the official distribution of the irish linux user's group.
> 
>    this means that all questions on the mailing list will be assumed to
>    relate to debian systems unless specifically stated otherwise.
> 
>    all servers run by and for ilug must run debian.
> 
>    the official ilug answer to, "which distro should i use?" is
>    "debian."  such topics usually lead to drawn out flame wars on the
>    list so from now on that is the only answer allowed on the list or
>    on the linux.ie irc channels.
> 
In that case, I move that assuming Kevins motion is passed, that we
change our name, from the "Irish Linux Users Group", to the "Irish
Debian Users Group". I agree with our using, and recommending Debian,
but by choice, rather than by an AGM Mandate. After all freedom, and
choice are what Linux, GNU, and for that matter Debian, are all about.
For that reason I think your motion is at a certain level
self-contradicting.

Furthermore I think it would be a mistake to alienate other Distros,
like Redhat, Slakware, SuSE, Mandr(ake|iva), etc, and the teams who
put them together.

Just to clarify that, how rigid will our defination of "Debian" be:
Will it include spin-offs like Ubuntu? If so, then what about other
spin-off's like Linspire? Sometimes, especially if you don't include
ubuntu in the defination Debian quite simply isn't always the right
tool for the job. As for Linspire.........




> kevin
> 
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