[plug] [IMPORTANT] AGM Announcement

[shayne oneill]

One suggestion is open-publishing, like the "active murdoch" site (murdoch
uni website) and many others.
The gig being that people can post to the front page, and moderation happens
after the fact. Like wikis, these things
are rarely abused, and if it becomes a sheet fite , then one just starts
taking submissions again.

One nifty side effect is that the site then ends up managing itself. Plus it
ties in well with the open ethos of
 linux. Ie "Linux doesnt dictate to the community, the community
participates and dictates to linux" , if you dig what I mean.

Cheers,
Shayne.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Bowden" <bowden at iinet.net.au>
To: "Plug" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] [IMPORTANT] AGM Announcement


> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 02:24, Colin Muller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been looking after the PLUG Web content (posting, for the most
> > part, a story a day, and troubleshooting when the site goes bad) since
> > about April/May last year. I think I'll stop now. So along with all
> > the other nominations, could someone nominate someone to do this job?
> > It's not much: about 30-60 minutes of research a day to find a story
> > which is not just random, but may actually be of interest to PLUGGers,
> > based on the subject matter which passes by this list.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> A job well done Colin.  I'm sure it is appreciated by all.  Without
> someone taking the time to do this the plug site would look mortuary
> bound.  If the Linux community is to appear vibrant and alive (which it
> certainly is) then we need to show this to the world.  My first
> introduction to plug was via the web site as I am sure is the case with
> many others.  A good first impression here is important to understanding
> the nature of the linux community.
>
> Tim Bowden
>
>
>