[theforum] Can't get on steering, finance or sysadmin
Dean Mah
dmah at shaw.ca
Thu May 20 12:10:23 CDT 2004
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 04:35:36PM +0100, Paul Waring wrote:
> Dean Mah wrote:
> >As soon as we get a decision one way or another.
>
> So Christmas 2010 then at the rate things are going.
No, I specifically set a time-limit for discussion. Since there has
been none, I will have to take that as tacit approval by theforum.
> >1) steering is a closed list to representatives voted in my the
> > working groups.
>
> *cough* elitism *cough*
Or hierarchy. Each of the steering representatives is elected from
the working groups. Each of the working groups is made up of members
of theforum.
> >2) sysadmin and finance must approve each member that is added to
> > their list so requests for membership should go to those lists. I
> > would suspect, however, that they would be hesitate in adding new
> > members with the proposed new structure upcoming. As well, it is
> > usual that only actively participating members of theforum and that
> > fulfill a particular skillset are accepted. The purpose of the
> > working groups is to pluck members with the most time and energy to
> > get things done.
>
> I see, so because I don't have a degree in accountancy I'm not welcome?
Never said that you were not welcome. What I'm saying is that I don't
make the decisions. Finance should vote on whether or not that you
are allowed into the working group.
> One person tells me they'd love to have me on thefinance if I'm
> interested, another rejects my subscription when I apply. Who am I
> supposed to listen to?
My apologies. I missed the e-mail where you were invited into the
finance group. I am not a member of the group so do not keep close
tabs on it. Why am I moderating their list? NFI. Oh wait, no I do
have a fucking idea why. Because no one else stepped up to do it.
FWIW, I have added you as a member of finance.
> As an aside topic, how come emails from theforum are taking several
> hours to reach me? It's taking on average over two hours from a post
> being sent to me receiving it. I doubt it's a problem on my end
> because all the others lists I am subscribed to deliver mail almost
> instantaneously.
Because I discovered that mailman was down on l.e.o and restarted it.
Mail should be coming through relatively prompt now.
Dean
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