[Linux-aus] LA Committee (was: Grant)

[Leon Brooks]

On Sun, 18 May 2003 00:17, Dai_Thai NGUYEN wrote:
> I've never
> really trusted beureaucrats/politicians and I doubt that I ever will.

That's well-placed trust. (-:

> Even when I have been involved in administration/management I've
> found that internal bickering between contrasting personalities leads
> to counter productivity.

I think in this place _very_ much not.

Disclaimer: I am an LA OCM. What I say will be biassed by this.

<speech soapbox=19-inch-rack>
I've worked with and in a few committees now, and the current LA 
committee works singularly well. As with any organisation of any size, 
some effort is "wasted" in conlict and in overheads. Unlike many of the 
committees I've worked in, these differences are made productive, with 
very little guarding-of-territory and no hackles-up factionation. Even 
Hugh and Tridge, both of whom work with each other at IBM, have 
distinct and different viewpoints, personalities and approaches (and it 
must be said: evidently both have enormous depth of experience at 
working with groups and committees, perhaps this helps more than it 
shows).

Every person on that Committee has quite distinct wishes and priorities. 
Every single person on that Committee has shown themselves willing, 
even eager to give ground if a superior, or more practical, or simply 
more popular option is advanced, or if real flaws and concerns are 
unearthed in one of their own issues du jour. In this regard, we hew 
closely to the "meritocracy" (seemed to be Word of the Day for Tridge 
on Sunday) so dear to Linus' heart, and who better to establish the 
character of a Linux-based group than Linus?

There are no dummies. There are no hyperegos. There are no knives in the 
back. Pray that it stays that way! We have reps from big companies, 
small companies, employees, males, females, four Australian states, 
inner-city dwellers, country boys, programmers, managers. I suppose we 
could do with Asian, Aboriginal and Negro representatives too, but 
we're doing pretty well on all other fronts already.

So... nobody's perfect, Dai Thai Nguyen, but IMESHO opinion we've got a 
good deal going for us so far, worth getting behind and pushing rather 
than regarding with fear and trembling from the sidelines.
</speech> (-:

Cheers; Leon

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