[wplug-plan] Making the big changes

[Chris Teodorski]

John,

I was also involved in those dreadful meetings with Michael so many years
ago.  I would contradict a little what Michael said -- those bylaws were
written over a long period of time and developed very carefully -- but it's
quite possible they have aged poorly and don't work well for the
organization any more.  I also have moved on and away from Pittsburgh, but
I would encourage the organization to change the bylaws to something that
makes sense for the organization as it exists today -- not as it existed 6
years ago.

Chris



On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:21 PM, John Lewis <oflameo2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you developed the original bylaws can you inform us line by line the
> justifications of the bylaws so we don't accidentally modify it in a way
> that will scare you even further away.
>
> Why don't we want radical change in WPLUG? Our software radically
> changes every six months for most of us, and the rest of us, it changes
> at our whims.
>
> Specifically I don't understand why our bylaws limit the everything that
> enables the group to exist in the first place. It limits the use of the
> Internet, the very thing that allowed Linux to be developed and reach
> critical mass. I doubt even a 386 BSD users group would have did
> something like that in 2006.
>
> What everybody wants to know are the good reasons, so please grant us
> your wisdom.
>
> On 12/06/2012 05:45 PM, Michael O'Connor wrote:
> > Be careful on changing bylaws, it should not be taken lightly, I was on
> > the comity that helped put the original ones together (I think that was
> > back in 2006) and it is not something we took lightly (took us 6 months
> if
> > I remember right, of weekly meetings to get the bylaws written)
> >
> > I am not say not to change them, but the bylaws that are in place are set
> > to prevent change from happening to fast, for good reason, you don't want
> > a hostel take over of the group by outsiders, or to change the group to
> > radicly to fast that could scare people away from the group.
> >
> > While I may not be a current member (sadly I don't live in Pittsburgh
> > anymore) I do still care about the group deeply.
>
>
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