On Mar 8, 12:05 pm, Paul Gear <p...@libertysys.com.au> wrote: > Melissa Draper wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 11:25 +1100, Andrew Swinn wrote: > > >> Just a quick 2 cents worth on the whole committee thing. > > >> I would agree that having an overall president plus a representive from > >> each state would be the way to go. > > > Linux Australia has gone through this discussion regularly over the > > years. The conclusion has always been that it's not feasible. Why? > > > Because you have to find, for each state (and territory), someone > > actually capable and willing to do the role. In a country like > > Australia, that means finding someone from NSW, Vic, QLD, WA, SA, Tas, > > ACT. > > > ... > >> So firstly I think we should organise the first thing, getting a > >> president/leader/whatever put in place plus state reps, then letting > >> those elected/appointed people work on organising the rest. > > >> One of the big issues with community groups is getting caught up in the > >> politics of it all. Those age old requirements for > >> president/treasurer/minutes/commitees out the wazoo all scare new people > >> away. People are extroadinarily time limited today so keeping it short > >> and simple is what should be focused on. > > > Once you have a committee you /are/ caught up in the politics. A > > committee is political no matter which way you spin it and offices do > > have requirements. > > I have to agree with Melissa on this one. The position(s) need(s) to be > given to the person(s) actually able to do the job. Perhaps if people > are looking for a contact person for each state, we need to have an > out-of-band/unofficial/less-official role which is more along the lines > of what people are looking for with the election-style deal. > > I personally couldn't be bothered jumping through the hoops (not to > mention what seems to me to be a ridiculous amount of self-promotion) > required to be on the LoCo leadership - i have enough to do between > switching between two jobs and keeping a number of different clients > above water. However, i would be happy to be a contact for people to > talk to about Ubuntu, and i would be happy to organise meetups like > we've had recently here in Brisbane. > > Paul > > paul.vcf > < 1KViewDownload > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
I also agree that the right people need to be given the job(s), but who decides what is given to whom currently!!! Until the ubuntu-au membership comes up with an open transparent structure nothing will change. The status-quo will remain until this is achieved. Andrew G. (Brisbane) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
