Hello Andrew, I hope that this is the right place to offload some of my frustrations. Like you I also have a family life and I am able to sacrifice limited time to Ubuntu. I have been quite active in the Ubuntu Forums, Launchpad and LinuxQuestions until I could no longer afford the time to devote myself to answering questions relating to the Ubuntu operating system and as a consequence have withdrawn considerably (I have many other things to do).
When I first decided to use Ubuntu as "my" operating system, I did offer my services (expertise gained after many years in the NSW Public Service system) but my offer was ignored (that was in 2006). Attempts to make contact with the local Linux User Group resulted in no reply as did a letter to Linux Australia relating to the local Linux user group. Discouragement at every step. I learnt how to find my own solutions and survived. I must acknowledge the support of a few Ubuntu friendlies and new friends that made my path bearable. All the above may be of no interest to anyone - consider it as gratuitous if you wish to what follows. Thank you for posting the meeting log. How disappointing that the governance issue was not raised. It is really important. I rise with the sun and go to bed soon after it sinks, hence my absence from the meeting - 9 p.m., in my opinion, is for those who have nothing else to do or are waiting for something to happen to justify their insomnia...but then I might just be one of the old-timer Australians with a different set of values. Reading the meeting summary, it seems to me that the meeting was largely a meaningless fiasco - and who appointed Scott Evans as a moderator (not that I have anything against him)? Where is the leadership for the Australian Team? Waving a stick pretending to be the moral guardian is not sufficient. There are so many willing people but no-one to harness all this energy. There is something seriously amiss here - e.g. no structure, no administration, no cohesion. Please repair as soon as you can. If I can help, count me in. Andre On 16 March 2010 16:58, AndrewG <gande...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the log file for last nights meeting, for anybody that missed > it. > Ubuntu-au governance was not talked about. > > http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/free/2010/03/15/%23ubuntu-au.html > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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