[dac@cafaro.net: Re: [FOSE] [dac@cafaro.net: Concerns about attire.]]

[Nick Danger]

Maybe I'm the only one whose mind works this way, but is anyone else 
thinking this mirrors almost every developer argument from any Open 
Source project? David was asked to run this booth. And he is doing it 
the best he can, and I would say a great job (if anyone asked). Sort of 
a similar position to a lead developer or a project coordinator. If you 
don't like how the project is run, become lead developer and change the 
course. Next year, volunteer to run the booth and have it run your way. 
Tux.Org just had elections, why didn't you run for a position? You have 
the power to do what you want your way. If you don't like the framework, 
then find a new framework, or make your own. Isn't this the reason I 
have about 10 MTA's to choose from, 2 different major GUIs and a few 
dozen smaller ones not to mention dozens of distros? Even something as 
'simple' and 'standard' as DNS gives me choices of which server to run.

Makes me wonder if how we use our computers/how we approach Open Source, 
is how we approach the rest of our lives? Hummmm....

-Nick (who had too much 'Snapple Green Tea' at lunch...)

Alan McConnell wrote:
> I got only one copy of this; should have gotten two.  So I am
> forwarding this to the FOSE list, just in case everyone didn't
> get to see this.  Certainly you should all be aware of this,
> just so that you can be aware of how David C's mind works.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alan
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "David A. Cafaro" <dac at cafaro.net> -----
>
> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:48:07 -0400
> From: "David A. Cafaro" <dac at cafaro.net>
> Subject: Re: [FOSE] [dac at cafaro.net: Concerns about attire.]
> To: Alan McConnell <alan at gwyn.tux.org>, fose at calypso.tux.org
> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-1.fc6) 
>
> Yes your "impeach him" button was pinned to your shirt completely
> covered by your FOSE badge.  Though I did notice you had no problem
> easily flipping up your FOSE badge to show your button to other Tux.org
> volunteers and can only hope you did not repeat this little trick to
> anyone else.
>
> I was not at the show for the rest of the day, so do not know how you
> handled it.  My fear is that the temptation was to great to show it off
> to what you perceived as a friendly audience, or that if someone noticed
> something was pinned under your badge that an inquiry about what that
> was would lead to a quick flip of the badge.  Regardless, the temptation
> should not be there, and that button should have stayed in your bag or
> at home, not pinned to your shirt even if the FOSE badge obstructed the
> view.
>
> I'm very sorry if you just don't get this, but it's not appropriate and
> could cause us grief in the long term.  It just takes one Government
> employee who has some weight to be offended by this to complain to the
> show organizers.  This is our first year with these new organizers and
> they took a great leap of faith donating the booth and badge scanner to
> us.  That one persons complaint could lead to us getting kicked out of
> future shows.  That would not help the OpenSource cause.
>
> That is why it was brought up in the message to you.
>
> Sincerely,
> David
>
>
> On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 11:32 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
>   
>> I am replying only to make it clear that my beautiful white on
>> green "I M P E A C H   H I M" button was _completely_ hidden
>> under my FOSE badge, as was pointed out to David C, and as he
>> could clearly see.   Why he chose to bring this up in his message
>> to me is something you'll all have to ask him.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>