[Novalug] [Dclug] Problems with Tux
Charles R. Kiss
charles@kissbrothers.com
Thu Aug 28 20:18:23 EDT 2014
Hi everyone,
I guess it's time to give up. Sorry I couldn't make things work out better. I am also a resident of Ohio, I moved about a month ago.
I'm here in DC at the moment, maybe we can get together, idk.
Charles
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---- David Cafaro wrote ----
>Hello Alan,
>
>I was on the second too last Tux board and helped organize the last elections for the newest and last board.
>
>I've gone ahead and forwarded your email to the last contact addresses I had for the last board. I don't know what is required to shutdown Tux.org (or if anyone is interested in taking on the daunting task of revitalizing the non-profit part).
>
>Regarding the mailing list, I believe you should try emailing the Tux Admin ( tux-admins @ calypso.tux.org ) group regarding the list admin stuff.
>
>Best of luck,
>David
>
>On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I will mention two. First: I have been the 'mailman' administrator
>> for an E-list called linux-pe for over a decade. I started it way
>> back when, when Linux was struggling, and people needed -- or so
>> we then thought -- to be rallied in Linux's defense. Those days
>> are happily long gone.
>>
>> So several weeks ago, I sent out a message on linux-pe, asking
>> if anyone felt it was useful. I got a couple of kind messages,
>> but no one had further interest. So I now wish to close it down.
>> To that end I sent an E-mail to David Lesher. No response.
>> After a week I sent a message to Przemek K. No response. I
>> don't know what further to do. I would send requests to Greg
>> Pryzby, if I knew his E-address. Ditto to David Niemi. Ditto
>> to Sam Chessman.
>>
>> To forestall a possible objection: I could, as administrator,
>> log in, and simply wipe the list of members clear. But that
>> would not take care of the barrage of spam that linux-pe gets.
>> I don't want to have to log in to mailman every week and delete
>> a bunch of messages that have piled up. I believe that someone
>> with root privileges has to do that, to make sure that all
>> incoming posts from around the world get directed to /dev/null.
>>
>> Perhaps this open message will arouse some honcho somewhere; I
>> hope so.
>>
>> Second: tux.org is still a corporation. It hasn't had elections
>> in many years. I worry that someone In Authority, with an animus
>> against Linux, or activities on these Lists, will harass the
>> organization, making trouble for our friends who, years ago,
>> signed the incorporation papers. I urge that steps be taken
>> now to shut down this corporation in an orderly manner. I
>> once ran an LLC, and we shut down as prescribed by law. I
>> hope that the People in Charge, or who were last In Charge,
>> will take some simple steps.
>>
>> Best wishes to all,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> --
>> Alan McConnell : http://globaltap.com/~alan/
>> It is difficult to get a man to understand something when
>> his income depends on his not understanding it.
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