<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN">
<html><body>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I wonder if anyone can satisfy my curiosity....</p>
<p>Are there any actual documented occasions where the name of the organisation has caused problems that have proven so substantial as to be insurmountable (without requiring excessive effort on behalf of the committee/conference organiser/whatever) thus having a negative impact on the running of the organisation or events associated with it?</p>
<p>What quantifiable benefit will changing the name provide to the organisation?</p>
<p>What quantifiable cost will there be to the organisation to change the name?</p>
<p>I'd like to remind people that the assets of the organisation, both tangible and intangible have come about as a result of the organisation being "Linux Australia".</p>
<p>LA runs the best Linux Conference in the world (I may be slightly biased) and has the funds to underwrite and back this conference. While linux.conf.au is not the primary focus of LA it certainly is it's main source of funds and it's primary publicly visible activity. I would hate to see a blurring of the focus of the organisation lead in any way to having a detrimental effect on the running of linux.conf.au. Will there be checks and measure put in place to ensure that the new expanded activities of the organisation (I am led to believe that this will be the case after all the obstacles to this are removed by changing the name) to ensure the continued support of linux.conf.au? (Hypothetically; "Linux Advocacy and associated activities is now just one of our many objectives, we have some other new thing we want to work on so we have decided not to fund LCA any more and use our money elsewhere")</p>
<p>Please understand, I am not trying to be a smart ass just for the sake of it here. I just cant grasp WHY we need to change the name, nor shake the feeling that somehow in all of this Linux Australia could in some way become diluted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Gary</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On 15/07/2012 7:53, James Purser wrote:</p>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding-left:5px; border-left:#1010ff 2px solid; margin-left:5px; width:100%"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignored --><!-- meta ignored -->
<div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">Okay because everyone seems to be getting hopped up on goof balls over this lets clarify:</span>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">The process is this:</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">1. Council to submit a number of options for vote. This includes NOT CHANGING THE NAME<br />2. Vote is held. If result is NOT CHANGING THE NAME, that's the end of the process</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">3. If result is anything else, top three names are taken to a second vote.</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">4. Winner is given one year recording contract with... oh hold on.</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">That's it.</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">Understandably there are passionate feelings on both sides. Can we please put our arguments forward in a thoughtful, respectful manner? It is possible to argue your case without going personal.</div>
</div>
-- <br />James Purser</blockquote>
<div>
<pre>--
Best regards,
Gary Allpike
gary@allpikes.com.au
Mob: 0429 342 412 (Intl: +61-429 342 412)</pre>
</div>
</body></html>