[Wftl-lug] Interesting?

Fri Jun 15 18:17:52 EDT 2007

Patrick,

I think your decision of resigning to that
position in the Freespire Community Board speaks
a lot about your integrity as a person. I don't
know the other members of that board, but if
they're really honest, they'll respect and accept
your resignation.

Take care,

Alex

--- Patrick Green <patlgreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have just tendered my resignation to the
> Freespire leadership board.  For
> those of you who do not know, I am currently
> the vice chair of the Freespire
> Community Board.  I also drafted most of the
> Freespire Community Board By
> laws, the Freespire WIKI table of contents for
> the Freespire guide, and some
> community initiatives.  This most recent
> decision by Linspire made it
> difficult for me to remain on the Community
> Board and adhere to the
> Freespire vision.  The Vice Chair was an
> elected position and I am honored
> that the community had so much faith in me.
> 
> I have had a professional and personal
> relationship with Linspire Inc that
> dates back to 2004.  Currently my resignation
> is a behind closed doors
> matter, but I will be informing the Freespire
> Community after I have had
> some sleep and can find a professional and
> concise way to state it.
> 
> Again, I have a debt of gratitude to many of
> you for challenging me and
> expanding my horizons...and for putting
> principles above a feel good
> position.
> 
> Now that I have some free time on my hands and
> I have a strong marketing
> background, I would like to form a team to take
> Marcel's concept of a Open
> Source Marketing Team.  There are many groups
> represented here and none of
> them really get the broad attention they
> deserve.  For the time being, I do
> not think the project should have a web site or
> be part of something else.
> Working for a web hosting company means I can
> get it a domain and pipe when
> we need it.  For now, I would like it to be
> within the WFTL domain.  Call it
> our first outreach as a LUG.
> 
> Marcel, if you have time waiting for someone's
> water to break, may we have
> your blessing to make a formal announcement of
> our intent to breathe life
> into your crazy idea in the WFTL LUG?
> 
> More to come on this soon.  As a community I
> have seen the people here bring
> about change, attention to projects of import,
> and just being really helpful
> and hoopy froods who know where their towels
> are.  Quality marketing
> campaigns require time, energy, goals, and
> planning.  Having run a few
> businesses, I can tell you viral campaigns do
> not require alot of money.   I
> have access to professional actors and I live a
> block away from someone who
> writes, directs, and produces infomercials for
> a living.  In our group we
> have writers, enthusiasts, press, leaders, and
> enthusiastic people who may
> have not yet realized their potential.
> 
> I have always said open source needs open arms
> to succeed.  I also believe
> one can make contributions to the community and
> NOT be a programmer or bug
> fixer.  This is a prime opportunity to show
> what we can do as a LUG
> community.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Patrick L Green
> 
> On 6/14/07, Patrick Green <patlgreen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Marcel,
> >
> > I was originally goin to to say Frell...but I
> was not sure who would catch
> > the reference.
> >
> > Thank you for the kind words...good luck with
> the nervous smile... ;)
> >
> > I have more to say on this matter to dovetail
> on what you said, but I need
> > some sleep...14 hour day and I am spent.
> >
> > On 6/14/07, Marcel Gagne
> <marcel at marcelgagne.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > On June 14, 2007 01:16:56 am Patrick Green,
> in response to Kevin's news
> > > story
> > > about Microsoft signing a deal with
> Linspire, wrote:
> > > > Frak me.
> > >
> > > A Galactica fan! Sally and I are working
> our way through season 2.5 on
> > > DVD --
> > > thank the Gods for Costco who put 2.0 and
> 2.5 for sale at the half
> > > season
> > > price.
> > >
> > > And now, on to this whole Microsoft thing.
> I don't think I need to go
> > > into a
> > > great speech on how I feel about all this
> stuff as I'm sure most of you
> > > know
> > > my position on Linux and FOSS. If you have
> any doubts, a couple of
> > > recent
> > > posts might help.
> > >
> > >    http://www.marcelgagne.com/node/511
> > >    http://www.marcelgagne.com/node/507
> > >
> > > As I sit back and watch this, and yes, I do
> worry about Ubuntu's
> > > response on
> > > this (Canonical's response, not the Ubuntu
> community's).  I keep going
> > > back
> > > to the idea that Linux and open source
> needs to get its act in gear, to
> > > fire
> > > up its own marketing machine.
> > >
> > >    http://www.marcelgagne.com/node/499
> > >
> > > I applaud every effort to promote FOSS (and
> open standards as well) to
> > > the
> > > general population. That includes people on
> this list who go out of
> > > their way
> > > to help others; Lew Pitcher, Patrick Green,
> Michael Rudas, Ken Leyba,
> > > Jon
> > > Biddell, Michael Willems, Raul Montagne,
> Carl Lowenstein, and a host of
> > > others to name just a few (my apologies for
> not naming everyone).
> > > There's
> > > Christian Einfeldt and his "Digital Tipping
> Point" project, Charles
> > > McColm
> > > who heads up the computer recycling center
> at the Working Centre (where
> > > old
> > > PCs find new life running Linux); Ken
> Starks, aka helios, who started
> > > the
> > > Tux500 project and got Tux on an Indi 500
> car; but I digress big time .
> > > . .
> > >
> > > Linux, including FOSS and open standards
> are vitally important to the
> > > future.
> > > All of these have done wonders to drag the
> computer industry,
> > > particularly
> > > the software industry, from the stagnant
> mundanity that a Microsoft only
> > > world had brought us. It has made
> information technology and computing
> > > power
> > > accessible to people who couldn't otherwise
> afford it. It has educated,
> > > created a highway for the free exchange of
> information, brought people
> > > together in a vast network, unlocked the
> human genome, powered space
> > > travel,
> > > created fantastic movie adventures, and a
> whole lot more.
> > >
> > > So I say let's not go back to a Microsoft
> only world. Don't let
> > > Microsoft take
> > > our work and claim it's theirs. Burn some
> Linux CDs and hand them out to
> > > people. Write a blog entry about FOSS. Come
> up 
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