Re: MorLUG Comments

David,

In general I agree with you that an on-campus meeting is preferable.

I'm sorry that you are boycotting this meeting.  Please reconsider.  As a
potential new member, I am very interested in your viewpoint on how to
balance the capabilities of technology with the needs of society.  This is
inevitably a matter of culture and politics.

It might be timely to discuss Supreme Court decisions in Brand X and
Grokster cases.  At times, I think, best solutions are not implemented
because they do not favor the interests of the politically powerful.  See

http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=80

I bring no technical expertise to Morlug.  To the contrary, I'm looking
for technological allies in efforts to secure an open-source future, along
with First Amendment and other Constitutional freedoms.

Community wireless is just one topic, not necessarily the most important,
in a broad and urgent concern for media reform.

David A. Riggs said:
> I'm not attending the meeting tomorrow because 1. I have no interest
> in hearing about municipal wireless, and 2. because I have even less
> interest in another MorLUG meta-meeting.
>
> I'd like to express my opinion that I'd rather the group meet on the
> University campus than Scott's Run because it's easier to find, easier
> to get to from most of Morgantown, better equipped, more visible to
> new potential members, and just plain looks better for a LUG to meet
> at an engineering campus rather than a home for impoverished battered
> women. If Andrei or some student is unable to acquire a room for us, I
> will personally take it upon myself to get one well-suited to a LUG
> meeting as soon as next month's meeting.
>
> I'd also like to point out that I believe this group's continual
> discussion of mission statements, leadership, voting, etc. are
> counter-productive and only serve to drive interest away from members,
> both new and old. I apologize for continuing to feed it now, but I
> want it to be known that I'll have no more part in meta-discussion
> beyond event planning and promotion, and will be actively boycotting
> any meetings with such proposed purpose.
>
> - David A. Riggs
>
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