[TriLUG] Trilug Kode of Kondukt

[Kevin Otte]

Allen Freeman wrote:

> Strictly speaking the concept of a comittee-approved code of conduct
> is profoundly insulting, the implication being we're all children who
> need the rules posted in the playground otherwise things get out of
> hand.

See, there's these crazy things we have out here in the real world. We
call them laws.  They are a code that define our conduct as citizens.
The LUG is its own community, or world if you will, so it only stands to
reason that it has its own code.

> I'd say it's time to be profoundly insulted then.

Well, Allen, you and many others have indeed insulted me and the rest of
this list.

I am insulted as both a member and former leader that when election time
came and went, so few people stood up to actually lead and be a force
for change that we barely had enough nominees for the election.

I am insulted as both a member and former leader that when the current
leadership submits a force for positive change, they are met with
ridicule and a complete lack of logic.

But mostly I am insulted that many of the names I have seen in this
discussion belong to people who have not set one foot in the meeting
hall in a good long time.

--

Now cooler heads say in times like these to take some time, think it
over, maybe even sleep on it.  This thread has gone over 200 messages in
a days time, so it's a very quick uprising.  Perhaps even a flash in the
pan.  I have, however thought about this.  I have even slept on it.  I
find this thread is illustrative of problems that have been brewing for
a long time.

It is therefore with a heavy heart announce that this will be my last
post to this mailing list for some time.  I am unsubscribing after this
post is out.  My involvement with this organization is intended to be a
fun and pleasant experience, but every time I think about it lately I
simply get a headache.

I value the friends I have made through this organization, and hope I
continue to stay in touch with them directly.  I will probably continue
to attend meetings either in person or via the teleconference I helped
to create.  I simply feel I can contribute nothing more to this
particular venue.  Goodbye.

-- Kevin