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Re: Muta/meeting
On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Moshe Cohen wrote:
> >I'm one of the "lurkers" - so what's the problem ?? I think alot of "newbies" like myself can be on the list to
> >learn what we can but would not consider it appropriate to "vote" on issues like the AMUTA. And I certainly don't
> >consider myself qualified to contribute suggestions, solutions, etc. So I sit quietly (usually) and try to pick
> >up whatever "pearls of wisdom" are being thrown.
>
> I agree with the above.
> The implication from the original posting is that there is something
> morally wrong in lurking or that is "bad citizenship" to be subscribed
> to the list and not to vote on the Amuta issue.
>
> Linux IL is, among other things, a mailing list. Some of themore
> active participants of the list (that also engage in other activities)
> want to for an Amuta. This is all very nice and I sincerely wish the
> Amuta to take off and succeed in whatever its mission is, but some
> of us just want to stay as subscribersfor the occasional transfer of
> information.
good. I provoked a few guys to at least STATE THEIR OPINION.
I am not saying it is 'wrong' to lurk, but what differs the 23 active
voters we saw here from the rest is not the expertese, but the will to
push this ball on, but we can't do it alone, none of us have time to give
24h care to the list, let alone an Amuta, and that's why I can't see
myself running one or even acting in a comitee. does anyone else see it in
a similar way? is there even one of you people here who seriously knows he
will be able to give enough of his time to this cause?
are there more than 20 people out there who are willing to pay membership
fees? and if so, how much WILL they pay?
they way I see it, 25 will answer "yes, we'll pay 100 NIS a year", good.
so we have 2,500 NIS in our hand, right? what is it good for exactly? it's
not enough for anything! not even a third of a Computax booth!
agree with me? disagree with me? come to the meeting, all of you, lurkers,
activists and MarcSists, we want to know what you think once a year, and
we promiss not to hurt you (maybe only a little).
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