[OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

[Russ Nelson]

Thanks for your reply. I've fixed your speling and the grammar. and
you're punctuation and you have several run-on sentences with tense
problems that I am fixed.
-russ

David Murn writes:
 > On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 20:30 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
 > 
 > > Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that you are correct. Have you
 > > ever tried to join a committee and been rebuffed?
 > 
 > For the past 2 years I've been a secretary of a national non-profit
 > organisation in my country.  If we had made decisions and
 > communicated with the group in the way OSMF has done, I can only
 > imagine the outrage (it would be similar to the feelings of many
 > here currently).  If I wrote minutes as sparsely and incompletely
 > as the various committees and groups wrote their minutes, I'd be
 > asked if I needed help. I imagine by the 2nd meeting I would
 > not be allowed to get away with such sloppy work again.
 > 
 > > I had gotten SO TIRED of people who complained that we weren't "open"
 > > enough or "transparent" enough. Had any of those people EVER come to
 > > us and asked if they could help us with anything?
 > 
 > What do you think would have happened if OSI decided to do
 > something like change their policies or their logo?  No discussion,
 > nor any announcement until someone noticed and asked what happened.
 > 
 > > The future belongs to those who show up, not those who whinge about
 > > work that has been done.
 > 
 > Unfortunately, being involved in an OSMF (or SWG, LWG, DWG, etc)
 > meeting isn't as easy as 'just showing up'.  In fact, it's not
 > possible to be involved by reading the minutes or the meeting
 > notes.  Those of us who wish to be involved join public discussions
 > and forums.  Apparently those who are actually in the positions of
 > power are no longer interested in public discussions and forums.
 > Exactly how was anyone to have 'shown up' to discussions about a
 > new logo? The first that 99.9% of us became aware of the change was
 > when someone asked HERE. This was after it had already been decided
 > and changed.
 > 
 > David
 > 

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