hmm, yeah passwords eh?<br><br>In a world without fences who needs gates?<br><br>Perhaps we could get own own server?<br><br>might be fun?<br><br><br><br><b><i>Colin Brough <Colin.Brough@blueyonder.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> > As far as i understand the vote was on Kris being co-administrator of<br>> the Dundee TayLUG. As for the permanent roles of officers for the<br>> TayLUG i'm unsure. It has not been mentioned at any meeting i can<br>> remember (I've been to all of them since the fortnightly meetings<br>> started) and that's going back a fair few months now, well into the<br>> 2006. and it's been widely accepted that TayLUG was kind of defunct<br>> which is why the society was created in the first place. In most cases<br>> LUG members vote on society matters as most from my impression see very<br>> little difference between the
two organisations. I would also say<br>> personally that i too would see my self as a member of both, but with<br>> honesty my roles dwells within the spectrum of the society, certainly<br>> for another year until re-election.<br>> <br>> Most society members would look at themselves as LUG members as well,<br>> and i don't think the majority of current active members knew Colin was<br>> a permanent secretary, i can certainly say with hand on my heart that i<br>> didn't, and i can imagine i'll not be the only one. Gordon did call a<br>> meeting where we discussed the current set up for the administrator of<br>> the LUG, and there was 20 or so LUG members there, but no one discussed<br>> electing new officers, or ratifying existing ones.<br>> <br>> Maybe that's something that should be discussed in a meeting sometime in<br>> the near future, what do you think rb. Maybe we could run joint<br>> elections each year for both
organisations. That way ensuring that a<br>> democratic process is in place, and members would be able to have<br>> frequent contact with the officers of the group that their involved in.<br>> <br>> I suppose all people who have an active interest in the list, and the<br>> lug should really comment on this.<br><br>As Arron says, TLUG was quiescent. Observing how that had come to be,<br>some of us realised that groups like this come in phases - period of<br>activity, then some of the active folk move on so a period of<br>inactivity... repeat! One of the problems, when a new group of<br>interested folks come along, is to be able to pass on a groups<br>identity - specifically these days the passwords to FTP space, mailing<br>list administration, and the like.<br><br>TLUG didn't ever have any office-bearers in a formal sense. I suspect<br>there were some named contact people with the UK LUGs folk<br>(http://www.lug.org.uk/), but that's about as far as it went.
So what<br>I offered to be - and still am happy to be - is an (often silent)<br>password holding person who is likely (because of job and family<br>circumstances) to be around in Dundee for the foreseeable future - ie<br>several years. I don't really consider myself an "administrator" (I'll<br>do what little I can, but with a busy job and family that is sometimes<br>not much!), but can make sure the passwords don't get lost completely.<br><br>So Gordon sharing the passwords Kris, there being a meeting of members<br>to confirm that, etc, is all completely fine. I'm pleased the group is<br>actively supporting Linux stuff in Dundee! I just reckon its better to<br>keep things like passwords in more than one safe place... Consider me<br>the off-site backup, if you like :-)<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Colin<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Colin Brough
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