Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:18:38 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Ted Stein <ted@taki.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are we a Political Action Committee ? Message-ID: <199805140418.VAA19388@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 May 1998 23:45:53 EDT." <19980513234553.29881@cheddar.netmonger.net>
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> On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 07:55:52PM -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > My view was personal and it did not involved the group . I did CC the group > > with the hope of inviting the State Attorney to respond not just to me > > but to the group and to start a discussion. My email was signed by me > > and it did not represent the group's view that should have been > > obvious however I accept the gross interpretation and apologies for > > that. > > > > To those who really detested what I did, advocacy is an art irrespective > > of how it is implemented there will always be some that hate / love > > an approach so if you are easily excitable or offended then perhaps > > this mailing list is not for you. > > > > Your approach was not the approach I would have taken. In addition, a simple apology would've > sufficed for your actions, rather than an "if you disagree maybe this isn't for you". Obviously you pressed reply to quick and I guess that is okay for I did not say that : "if you disagree maybe this isn't for you". Please point out in my e-mail where I stated the above. > > > > > In fairness , we are attempting to define ourselves so mistakes will > > be made along the way and I hope that we can correct them. > > > > Now the hard part , it is not clear how we can shape up this group > > to do any kind of advocacy . This is mostly due to our culture > > kind of anarchism due to mostly non-involvement . > > > > Given that perhaps the advocacy mailing list should be a forum to > > discuss ideas on how to conduct or carry out advocacy where it > > really counts, out of this mailing list in an open forum > > > > This list IS a forum to discuss ideas on how to carry out advocacy. However, going against > Microsoft is not advocating FreeBSD, and attaching a carbon copy of our list does, in fact, > implicate our (as the community) involvement in your actions. Once again, this is not the > approach I would've taken, and an apology would suffice, as most of us disagreed with your > actions; not so much as the idea, but the attaching it to us, and in some cases (as mine) both. > Perhaps , for this mailing list was formed for a very evident lack of promotion of FreeBSD or any organized effort to do so and I think the list still requires further definition . Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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