[maemo-community] Maemo Council

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Oct 3, 2011, at 12:06, Momcilo Majic wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Jeremiah, please list the remaining objections to the announcement text
> Robert has sent.
> 
> I understand that there may be further objections on the general Council
> strategy, but lets try to discuss the ones that are preventing us to
> prepare a common statement.

It seems we need a balance then between Robert's urgency and a common agreement. I don't feel the same urgency but I'm willing to be flexible enough to try to support the goal of "getting something out now." If we want to create something common, then we'll have to take the time to come to an agreement. I did not sign up to run a non-profit, I don't have time for that, I signed up for helping ensure Free Software remains free and that developers know their options and that the community can preserve what it considers valuable to the best of its ability.
> 
> We need to address later objections after announcement, and hopefully
> focus on real work.
> 
> As Robert has pointed out, others are moving on as well, and for the
> moment, we as Council are invisible.

This is why we should have these discussions on a mailing list - so it is public. Transparency is of the utmost importance. In fact, I'm going to cc a public list so that they can see these discussions and note that we are working and that the community can participate.
> 
> Having statement with reservations will not do us any good. I think it
> is very important to demonstrate the unity of the council in front of
> the community.

What is the benefit of "unity" in this situation? Don't forget that most don't even see us as legitimate. :)

> I am hanging on the irc freenode at the moment.
> My irc nick is: momcilo

I'm jeremiah (or jeremiah_) and am in #meego-ivi, #meego-arm, #debian-arm, #ubuntu-arm

Jeremiah

> Momcilo

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