On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:17:57PM +0800, Bret Busby scrawled: > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Anand Kumria wrote: > > You really ought to read over the charter of Linux Australia. You idea > > of what it is supposed to be and what it actually is don't seem to > > match. > > > > Linux Australia is supposed to serve the interests of Australia Linux > > users and vendors. > > Well, you have certainly shown that the committee has no interest in > doing that, and will go to great lengths, and use dirty tactics, to > avoid doing that. While I see the lack of representation from South Australia, Queensland, etc, and the thumping majority from NSW/ACT, as a problem, I don't think the committee are using dirty tactics at all. I think they're an excellent committee, but I also think that regional representation is a very good idea, and necessary for LA (no slight, of course, to the current committee members). The lack of any ability to carry out business online is a problem: I personally couldn't attend due to family issues, and thus was unable to nominate, as had planned. Creating a GnuPG web of trust (Anand's key is in the Debian keyring, and both mine and Jeff's keys are reasonably closely tied in to it [I have around 21 Debian signatures], so basing our web of trust initially on Debian's[1], could be a good way to get regional representation going). -d [1]: Although I might have spent the last 3 years of my life doing a rather large amount of Debian work, this isn't an attempt to force Debian on LA. It's just a reflection of the fact that there is no other keyring with quite the same global span, where ID is guaranteed (Debian Developers are required to inspect appropriate ID, such as a license or a passport, before signing a key). -- Daniel Stone <dstone@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Developer, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
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