DO IT IN THE ROAD! [Fwd: Please Update Your USA --> New York LUG
List]
Dennis J. Eberl
dje at pcom.net
Sat Apr 8 02:45:34 EDT 2000
Michael,
Thank you for catching the error in my e-mail address below.
Niagara Frontier Linux User's Group (NFLUG)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Web Site: http://www.nflug.org
Contact: Dennis Eberl
Email: dje at adelphia.net
I assume you changed it to read as currently posted:
Niagara Frontier Linux Users Group
Location: Niagara Frontier Region Ontario/Western New York
Web Site: http://www.nflug.org
Contact: NFLUG Mailing list
Email: nflug at nflug.org
Please change it to read as proposed but with my corrected address as follows:
Niagara Frontier Linux User's Group (NFLUG)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Web Site: http://www.nflug.org
Contact: Dennis Eberl
Email: dje at pcom.net
Thank you. Sorry about the confusion.
Sincerely,
Dennis Eberl
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To NFLUG members:
I am seeking someone to act as contact person and take over the
duties of maintaining our mailing list. Please realize, to list the NFLUG
Mailing List as a "contact" is inappropriate for two reasons: (1) there is
no delegated responsible party for answering a post, and (2) it
provides public access to our private mailing list, which is, shall I say,
n o t v e r y s m a r t. : ]
If you think I am in love with being the contact person, you are quite miss-
taken. It is a pain in the neck to transcribe form e-mail as it is, and I will
not get involved in wrestling with anyone over who gets to reply to someone
seeking a "contact" at nflug at nflug.org. Someone else can do it. I nominate
James Simmons. Otherwise, you all may let inquiries fall through the
cracks -- and they probably will. As of May 15th, I am going sailing.
I will bring this matter and related matters up in the meeting. What I do,
I do in the road. If the changed listing was not Michael's attempt to fix an
unreachable e-mail address (dje at adelphia.net) but was the work of one of our
members, my only comment is that taking it upon oneself to pose as a
spokesman for the group and surreptitiously change our LUG listing is
presumptuous, arrogant, and cowardly in the extreme. I hope that is not
what happened. If no one else will speak up on this matter, we have a group
that is going to hell in a handcart. Remember what happened to BLUG97.
Why do you think it failed, James? And, Neff, you can hang your remark
"78 messages, most from a guy who can't decide if he's a flightless water
fowl or not, in 2 days !! ekes" in your ear. Since James is off to San Jose at
the end of the semester, why don't you volunteer to be our contact person
at jjneff at praxair.com? Your snotty remark was out of line. The only
thing stupider than the straw man you created is counting 78 posts. Eeeks,
indeed!
Let the flames begin . . .
WE NEED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT OUR SHIT, PEOPLE. GET ON IT.
Dennis Eberl
"Dennis J. Eberl" wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Thanks for the inquiry. Please remove the NFLUG listing from the
> Ontario group. Apparently a well meaning but rather insensitive member
> posted the request. We will discuss it as a group and I am sure it will
> be voted down. We are a New York State group, located in Buffalo, NY,
> which is open to membership by our nearby Ontario neighbors.
> To list us as an Ontario LUG, however, is both inaccurate and insulting
> to Canadians. Please remove that listing as well as the two BLUGs
> and post NFLUG as a Buffalo, NY group.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Dennis Eberl
>
> "Michael J. Jordan" wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, Dennis J. Eberl wrote:
> > > Please be advised that the original BLUG and my BLUG listed as follows
> > >
> > > Buffalo Linux User's Group
> > > Location: Buffalo, New York
> > > Web Site: http://www.blug.wnyweb.com/
> > > Contact: none
> > > Email: none
> > >
> > > Buffalo Linux User's Group (BLUG)
> > > Location: Buffalo, New York
> > > Web Site: http://www2.pcom.net/dje/
> > > Contact: Dennis Eberl
> > > Email: dje at adelphia.net
> > >
> > > no longer exist. You can verify that fact by contacting James Simmons, who
> > > took over the first group from Mark Musone in 1997, at
> > > jsimmons at acsu.buffalo.edu.
> > > My group, the second, has merged with Niagara Frontier Linux Users Group
> > > (NFLUG). We still use my site http://www2.pcom.net/dje/ as a test site, but you
> > > will find NFLUG pages there.
> > >
> > > After deleting the two sites above, please add the following.
> > >
> > > Niagara Frontier Linux User's Group (NFLUG)
> > > Location: Buffalo, New York
> > > Web Site: http://www.nflug.org
> > > Contact: Dennis Eberl
> > > Email: dje at adelphia.net
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Dennis Eberl
> >
> > Greetings Dennis;
> >
> > Thanks for getting this information to us. I have made the appropriate changes.
> > I just wanted to ask you one question. Two weeks ago I took on the job of
> > handling the Linux User Groups updates. I received a petition then for the
> > NFLUG. This group also figures under groups for Ontario, Canada. Could you
> > check out the page http://www.linux.org/users/groups/canada/ontario.html
> > and tell me if in fact this listing should appear in Ontario's LUG list as well?
> >
> > Thanks very much
> >
> > Mike Jordan
> > Linux Online!
> >
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