[oclug] Linux in the Ottawa Citizen

[Robert Echlin]

Hi,
Thanks for posting all the TeX info, guys.
I need to look into it "Real Soon Now".

Robert

At 01:42 PM 10/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>On Friday 11 October 2002 13:02, Dave O'Neill wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 12:08:55PM -0400, Shad Young wrote:
> > > No insult intended, but why? So we can play me too? No. This clearly
> > > points out the fact that this group has become a non-entity within this
> > > city.  Instead of mailing "me too" letters, why we need come up with a
> > > genuine plan for OCLUG promotion. As mentioned previously, trolling
> > > newsgroups is not what we need.
> >
> > The way things work in volunteer organizations is that someone needs to
> > volunteer, or nothing gets done.    Are you volunteering to come up with a
> > promotions plan, or are you just going to bitch about the fact we don't
> > have one?
>
>Spoken like a true opensourcer....many of us have moved past OCLUG and 
>started
>intiatives on projects that we feel are important and neccessary because
>OCLUG is simply to unresponsive at times and to combersome at times to work
>with. That does not mean that we have abonded the club or group rather it
>means that in true opensource manner we are simply looking for the best ways
>and means to get things done, when and where needed, and in the most
>efficient manner. OCLUG does some cool stuff that is a given, but what I
>understand Shad saying is simply what I said many years ago....what's da
>plan?
>
>When I got into a jam with OOo.org affairs, I needed to get things done
>quickly as rogers failed me. One post ot OCLUG and Linux Care came to the
>rescue. Things got done in time as per scheduled deliverable dates, and it
>was greatly appreciated by untold millions of user who were abliviouse to the
>situation. Thats the cool part, we all need to work together to make things
>work. Fact of life is at times it will be with OCLUG and at times it will be
>without OCLUG.
>
>Best always
>
>Chris H
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