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[Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

as some you may know, and others may not. There has been some dissent
amongst the ranks.

I'll do it from sort of Day one.. those who know the history, please skip!

1) #lubuntu was created
2) #lubuntu-offtopic was created
3) I was made a founder for both - well, just to shut up our existing
founders who delegated things to me.
4) There was an issue with an up-stream project that went all the way to
ubuntu council, during that I was approached by ubuntu-irc-council to ask if
they could have 'OP' access. This I did.

So what ... you ask... Well, ubuntu-irc-council are the 1st area to ever
knock lubuntu back. Every other team & council has welcomed us warmly. Have
a read of...

http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2011/ubuntu-meeting.2011-10-08-11.01.moin.txt

I'm the one who is 'difficult' and then for them to state our methodology of
bringing on OP's is flawed... I'm very sorry, but we all were here before
ubuntu-irc-council when they were not interested and we were welcomed by the
freenode staff if we had an issue (dead easy to see, look at the permissions
for both).

I see this as 'power-grab' by them, to inflate their egos. I ask... why does
no one 'wear a badge' on our channels? It is because freenode caution
against it. Why do they wear badges in violation of best practices?

As they cannot and will not assimilate lubuntu into their 'conquered
territory', I ask that we remain directly reportable to freenode until and
unless ubuntu-irc-council accept us and our OP's who are voted up by
ourselves for work they do on IRC.

But, regardless of my views on the matter, the vote is

1) Stay with freenode
2) move to ubuntu irc council.

Please do have a read and a think before casting your vote. I am but a
mouthpiece for lubuntu, i am not a boss. None of us are.

Regards,

Phill.



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