Re: [Fsfe-uk] Just a Minute

[Andrew Savory]

Hi Martin,

On 15 Apr 2002, Martin Coxall wrote:

> Just seen the "minutes" for Saturday's meeting. What a load of Gazelle
> Cack. The minutes systematically 1984s out all of the dissent and
> philosophical discussion that occupied all of table 1 and some of table
> 2 for the majority of the duration of the meeting.

Unfortunately I was only able to minute group 2's discussion as that was
the table I was on -- if you or anyone else from group 1's table have
notes they can provide, it would be a very good idea to post those, too.

> Those "minutes", apart from being a factually inaccurate representation
> of the truth, are a gross insult to the intelligence of those of us who
> bothered to turn up on Saturday with the intention of being anything
> more than trivia-obsessed petty bureaucratic QUANGO-heads.

I know I said "rough minutes/notes", but I'm reasonably happy that they
are a fair representation of the meeting and specifically the discussion
we had in group 2.

> My suggestion is that whoever falsified these minutes, apologise for
> this shameful lapse in judgment, reverse this attempt to airbrush out
> the opinions of all those he found distasteful, go back and do it again,
> and this time *get it right*.

I suggest you calm down a little and take a more moderate line. You're not
going to win any friends by being offensive and belligerent. We are,
allegedly, all on the same side here.

I'm sorry that you don't think the minutes are up-to-scratch. Minuting the
chaotic conversations of 20 noisy people in a loud pub is not an easy
task. So let's take a Free Software approach and go for peer review and
constructive action. If you're not happy with the notes, please do post
amendments and corrections.


Andrew.

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