[Linux-aus] ongoing Electron Workshop spam

[Russell Coker]

On Sunday, 15 February 2026 12:55:24 AEDT Andrew Pam via linux-aus wrote:
> On 15/2/26 12:48, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote:
> > Since that message the list containing addresses harvested from the LUV
> > server has been used to send two more unsolicited bulk emails.
> 
> ...from the LUV committee, to LUV members, advertising LUV events.

>From the Linux Victoria committee to Linux Victoria members but sent to LUV 
members who did not consent to it.

>  > What is the plan to address this?
> 
> If you are asking for the new list to be shut down or have all members
> removed, what do you propose LUV does to communicate with members in
> future?

Use the list on Meetup that they have used for the last few years which has 
people who wanted to receive such communication.

> The list of email addresses on the old LUV server has always
> been considered as the one and only "source of truth" as the list of LUV
> members.  Anyone on that list is a member, by definition.

As you raised the issue of legitimacy here's the full quote from Joel Addison:

# In short, it is clear that a wholesale review of Linux Users Victoria is
# required, including into who or what Linux Victoria is (we have no official
# record of a name change) and what relationship, if any, it has with the
# unknown Electron Workshop entity. Linux Australia does not agree with the
# actions conducted so far regarding this mail out and I have made our
# position very clear to those I suspect are involved. 

It seems to me that there is a new group created named Linux Victoria which 
has for years not been involved with the original LUV group or used it's 
resources.

> If we do not accept that the LUV committee has access to that list and
> can contact those people, we are effectively declaring the current group
> illegitimate and will need to close the subcommittee.

Or just create a new subcommittee named Linux Victoria to match what is 
actually happening.

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