[Linux-aus] How the council breached their constitution - membersregister request section 7

[Joel Addison]

> On 19 Dec 2022, at 9:55 am, Michael Cordover via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
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> On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, at 18:44, Matt Cengia via linux-aus wrote:
>>> With that in mind, I put the email addresses from the
>>> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au <mailto:linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> mailing list on CC.
>> 
>> Given that https://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus <https://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus> states that "The subscribers list is only available to the list administrator", this does not feel like an OK for you to have done, and it's not obvious how you gathered this list, unless you just sought anybody who had contributed to the list over the past X years.
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> Regardless of how this information was obtained (a matter which I think should also be investigated), Daniel's actions here are egregious. They stand in stark contrast to the values of Linux Australia, in particular those of community and respect.
> 
> Deliberately publishing the personal information of a large number of people, without consent, in response to a thread explicitly describing concerns with such disclosure, is at best immoral. It is inflammatory and designed to cause upset. I can see no justification for it, and it demands a swift and serious response.
> 
> I think the appropriate response is to expel Daniel Pocock from Linux Australia, ban him from associated events, and ban him from the mailing lists. I urge the Council to begin that process immediately.
> 
> mjec

Hi Michael, Matt and everyone,

We have received numerous complaints about this behaviour and have acted to limit his ability to access Linux Australia mailing lists as much as possible, however we are limited in what we can do once emails are sent outside our infrastructure as I’m sure you can understand. Daniel does not have access to any of the mailing list subscribers, now or in the past, so we assume he has scraped this information as he did in a similar incident a couple of years ago.

We will look at further actions specifically regarding Daniel Pocock, as you and others have suggested. 

I ask the community to please not engage with Daniel, nor send any of his emails to the mailing list via replies or otherwise.

Thanks,

Joel Addison

President
Linux Australia

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http://linux.org.au 

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