Hi Andrew, and everyone else who wishes to take part in this discussion. I see you have put alot of thought into this and I applaud your initiative in bringing this matter to the forefront again.
I don't have many comments to make at this time but the ones I do have to make will probably ruffle a few feathers, if they do my apology is thus tendered in advance. I personally like the idea of an ACC although the smaller Councils may be a bit difficult to setup initially. There needs to be a consideration of minimum numbers required for a smaller council and this is because places like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will have the opportunity to create a LoCo each simply because they have the numbers. Where does this place people like myself who live in a rural centre? Apart from on person who I personally know but haven't seen for about 6 years there is no other Ubuntu users on the Ubuntu-AU membership list in my region let alone in my town. So will we have a Sydney LoCo and a "Rest of NSW" LoCo? or will we just have a NSW LoCo? I truly believe this LoCo has no transparency. There was a comment made during the meeting about having an election. The comment was basically that elections are a popularity contest and do not really mean the person who gets elected is the best for the job. While this is true to a certain extent a transparent election process is much better than the current "meritocratic" process. Why is this? Well 1 person currently says who can do what, now unfortunately this is getting into the realms of micro-management simply because a very tight leash is being held on this small community. If this community is going to expand people are going to have to be allowed to do things without gaining the approval of an "autocratic ruler". I know with the current system I will never get anywhere with this community, even though I would like to, simply because I have a fundamental difference of opinion to others and because of this I don't have any chance of being seen as having a "level head". The current situation therefor can be seen as being as bad, if not worse, than a transparent election process simply because those who want to be able to do things have to be "popular" with a certain self appointed group. I may have more to say later but I think it would be best if I stopped where I have and see what others have to say. Cheers. Michael (k3lt01) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
