[nzlug] open source day

[Nevyn]

On 9/16/07, Joel van Velden <joel at tpnz.co.nz> wrote:
> > I hate to undermine the efforts of AuckLUG but when visiting the site
> > mentioned in the site before this message, I didn't catch AuckLUG
> > being involved in any way whatsoever. I'm on Vik Oliver's mailing list
> > but am unwilling to take on all the responsibility myself to do an
> > AuckLUG effort for software freedom day. Is anyone taking up the
> > gauntlet?
>
> I believe that there are people in Auckland that may well be doing
> something, but it would seem that it's small pockets of people doing their
> own things independently - which is fine. AuckLUG has the problem in that
> it doesn't really 'exist'. If people who have put some effort into helping
> on the list and/or attend the meetings want to organise some event and use
> the "AuckLUG" 'brand' then all they have to do is clear it with the
> mailing list. For example some years ago we did do a large annual AuckLUG
> installfest. Our Installfests have not continued due to lack of volunteers
> with free time. Although I notice the Auckland Uni guys seem to be doing
> some now which is great.
>
> Regards
> Joel van Velden
> AuckLUG mailing list co-moderator
> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug

I had thought that Installfest was great - loads of communication
(weekly irc meetings) and everyone knew what everyone else was doing.

There was talk the following year about doing another one I think, but
I was discouraged by the meeting for it - a few of us were there on
time and discussed stuff but the majority of the people were late and
efforts of those who were on time I felt to have been undermined.

Also some of the same issues of the previous year had come up as new
people were getting interested in helping out which wasn't helping as
we were then treading over old ground and not learning from the
previous experience - things that had tempers raging and threatened to
have a competing installfest due to personal agendas.

I suppose this is what Debian sometimes suffers from - rule by
committee when the committee can't agree on anything.

But I'm hoping, as the AuckLUG is a community of sorts, that we can
maybe band together and do a community effort next year.