[svlug] svlug bylaws (Google Docs)

[Darlene Wallach]

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting wturkal at gmail.com (wturkal at gmail.com):
> 
>> I've shared a document with you called "svlug bylaws":
>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pGVGG0z1f7HFmgWFs4ERVIA&inv=svlug@lists.svlug.org&t=6212078214740656643&guest
>>
>> It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open 
>> this document, just click the link above.
>>
>> Here's a document to sign up for the committee to write the bylaws for
>> SVLUG. If you are interested, please sign up and indicate the best day
>> for the meetings.
> 
> I have "opened" the document, but _editing_ it requires signing up for an
> account for Google Docs and other Google services, which for reasons of
> personal policy favouring Linux and open source I do not have:  I do not
> consent to Google's terms of service for "accounts", and think it
> extremely inappropriate for a Linux user group to outsource any of its
> operations to proprietary third-party-hosted software.
> 
> See also:  http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/winolj.html
> 
> I would like to participate in the bylaws committee, but you have made
> signup contingent on having an "account" with Google, which I decline to
> do.  
> 
> _This_ medium, on the other hand, uses open source software and is run
> by SVLUG itself, so:
> 
> Name:  Rick Moen
> Best day of the week to meet:  any, except 2nd/4th Saturday 4pm to midnight
> E-mail address:  rick at linuxmafia.com
> 
> I also strongly suggest that NONE of SVLUG's operations _ever_ be run out
> of Google Docs or any other hosted third-party proprietary services.  
> 

I *strongly* concur with Rick regarding SVLUG's operations.

I would like to participate in the bylaws committee and I also
decline to sign up for an "account" with Google Docs.

Name: Darlene Wallach
availability fluxuates
Best day of the week to meet: Monday evenings 19:00 (7:00 pm)

Darlene Wallach