Re: MorLUG Comments

Regarding meeting palce on campus. As I mentioned earlier, beginning from 
August I will be able to provide regular meeting pace on campus in 
Engineering Sciences building (most likely G-78, where I have access to).
However this will be my booking and if I die prematurely, the venue may be
lost -:(. So, I would suggest to look for a a more legitimate morlug-meeting 
place on the campus, and meanwhile we can use a meeting place, if everyone 
agrees.

Andrei

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, John Lozier wrote:

> 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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Dr. Andrei Smirnov,  West Virginia University
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Morgantown WV, 26506-6106
Tel:+1(304)293 3111 x2345, fax:+1(304)2936689
Email: [email protected]
http://smirnov.mae.wvu.edu     1024D/5CEDD3E2
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