Re: KLUG Meeting Minutes 26-MAY-1998

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

>> Chris Gidman
>> ==============
>> PERSONAL GRIPE
>> ==============
>> I realize these are the minutes and I shouldn't put personal comments in,
>> but when you write them, I won't complain if you do too. 
All of us have the right to use the mailing list to ir anything we don't
like about the group, and how it can be improved. The minute-taker at 
any meeting has the right to put his own comments on the minutes, as long
as they are so labeled.
> Bruce Smith
>Hey, go for it!  We might as well get this kind of thing out in the open
>so we can (hopefully) resolve it!

>> This was the first
>> time I'd heard about this project.  I would like it if in the future,
>> projects such as these were announced prior to their starting.  It wouldn't
>> take too long if in the first few minutes of the meeting, those of you who
>> are administrators would announce what you are working on and how it's
>> progressing.  This project which Scott is doing just kind of "came out in
>> the discussion".  That didn't seem right to me.
> I agree, we should announce these things sooner, and will try to do
> better in the future.  Sorry, and thanks for pointing that out.
It is desirable that everyone should know as much as possible about what
we do, and I don't believe that either Bruce or I considered any announcement
of this effort until it was delivered.  In the future, we can certainly make
these efforts known earlier.

>I appreciate Scott stepping forward so quickly and accepting
>responsibility, but it is really myself and Bob who should accept the
>responsibility for this. 
I accept responsibility for this choice, and will continue to use my judgement
in the future about when I feel it's appropriate for the group as a whole to 
be informed. If I err on the side of too much detail, please let me know. 

>It was our idea, and we enlisted Scott's help 
>_later_ to write the >program.
>(since he has done all the other work on our mail server)
Quite so. It may not be appropriate to have everyone inform everyone of
what they're doing all the time. We can see how a more open way of
conducting ourselves works out, and adjust it further, if need be.

Oh, the Linux Expo link has been rewmoved from our links page, about
three hours ago. Linux Expo is in progress this weekend, so it was 
kind of late to keep the registration link around. Not only have several
links been added to our web site link page in the last month, but many
of these sites now link back to us, which increases our visibility all
over the Linux community.

                                                      Regards,
                                                          ---> RGB <---