Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:44:50 -0700 From: Don Morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, FreeBSD-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Are we a Political Action Committee ? Message-ID: <355A76C2.B843369C@u.washington.edu> References: <199805140255.TAA18952@rah.star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty wrote: > > My view was personal and it did not involved the group . I did CC the group > with the hope of inviting the State Attorney to respond not just to me > but to the group and to start a discussion. My email was signed by me > and it did not represent the group's view that should have been > obvious however I accept the gross interpretation and apologies for > that. The point is that because you CC'd the group, to the receiver of your message, whether you were speaking as a spokesman for the group or independantly is ambiguous. It is highly likely that when he reads it he will see the CC and deduce that you obviously must be an agent of authority in our group because you assume that role by offering his reply to be directed _to_ the group. He will identify your particular view _as_ the group's view whether that is your intention or not, because he probably has no former frame of reference for our mainstream viewpoints--he's probably never got a letter from someone saying that they're a freebsd user. All that we are asking is that anyone who has a dissenting viewpoint who insists on voicing it, not voice it in a way that might represent it as our group consensus. If you must CC, please state explicitly that this is your own personal/independent view upfront. Remember, this is FreeBSD _Inc._. Not to give everyone a disgusting corporate feeling. :) > To those who really detested what I did, advocacy is an art irrespective > of how it is implemented there will always be some that hate / love > an approach so if you are easily excitable or offended then perhaps > this mailing list is not for you. Well, since advocacy is simply defined as declaring that you favor something, your statement is true. However, what you accomplish through it _is_ respective to how you implement it. Your statement was analogous to saying: If x then x. (x --> x) You can't assume that your methods will always have a positive outcome simply because you favor them. The question here is: what is our consensus about what are appropriate methods. If you don't agree with the list's consensus, then maybe _you_ shouldn't be a part of the list. And certainly not profess to be an agent of it. > In fairness , we are attempting to define ourselves so mistakes will > be made along the way and I hope that we can correct them. We are asking that you not make the mistake of defining us for us. The key word in your sentence is "we". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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