[Talk] Getting people involved in FLUX/volunteering in general

[Terry Richards]

Samuel Greenfeld wrote:

> All right... new topic here, kind of related to the old one, but a bit 
> of a rant.  Maybe I will hate myself later this morning for writing 
> this; maybe not.
> ...
> So to make me feel better, in addition to any discussions we may or 
> may not have about actually figuring out if we want to go the option 
> to get it back that I was originally offered last week prior to 
> Terry's attempt (I'm not certain how many people actually read 
> talk@flux.org; perhaps that is the problem), let's discuss a bit how 
> we can prevent a similar situation in the future.  I would also be 
> interested in suggestions how to get people involved with clubs and 
> volunteering in general; with two-income families and taking the kids 
> out everywhere, there seems to be less time to understand and do other 
> things than ever before.
>

in palm beach, i joined the young republicans back in 2000 or so. same 
thing there as far as participating. only 150 members and only half a 
dozen of them actually doing anything month to month...i have done many 
things like volunteer at the library to put books back on the shelf 
where they belong, pick up litter, feed the hungry, that is my nature. i 
fix things around my neighbors' homes and resist any attempt to pay me 
for my efforts although i do take table scraps :-) ^2. i am a community 
oriented person since i was a child. i had it made in the shade and 
figured the only thing left for me to do was help other people.

since #flux was not even listed on the flux.org website i only happened 
upon it by chance, it would be just as easy to start a new one and then 
maybe even publish the location so that folks who are troubleshooting a 
certain problem doesn't clog up the mail lists. maybe state a problem on 
the list then go to irc to chat back and forth and publish the results 
back on the list. i took the liberty to start #flux-talk if anyone with 
a bellybutton wants to discuss it in real time i am idling there.

/|\
ps. rueben led me to believe he was yeilding the channel back and then 
changed his tack on the spur of the monent claiming his reason was that 
no one from flux was using it < a lie as several were there > so he 
kicked me and changed #flux to invite-only.  he did not say, i'll give 
it back if flux uses it, he said he was gonna move his operation to 
#fluxradiostaff and flux wasn't his but "ours" until dkr made these 
statements:
 <dkr> aloha
 <dkr> I stopped autojoining this chan last year when the crowd of us 
that started it years ago died out. :)
 <dkr> howdy grumpydog.  I haven't seen you in ##politics in a long 
while. :)
 <dkr> looks like biz took down his web server with the channel stats 
page, too: http://www.jbisbee.com/linux/irc/

from my point of view ... that is what put the nail in the coffin not 
me, i also have the logs where rueben says he agrees to vacate but lost 
the password so the staff at freenode will have to get involved...


ChanServ gives channel operator status to sysipus_99
 <sysipus_99> thnx
 * sysipus_99 has changed the topic to: Florida Linux Users eXchange 
flux radio staff is at #fluxradiostaff
 <sysipus_99> does the topic look good?
 <grumpydog> no leave #fluxradiostaff out of it
 <grumpydog> I will speak to the revelant people
 <sysipus_99> ok i just thought it might be good to redirect anybelly 
looking for fluxradio for a while
 <grumpydog> not really
 * sysipus_99 has changed the topic to: Florida Linux Users eXchange
 <grumpydog> better
 <sysipus_99> ok it was just a thought
 <grumpydog> Ok I am out now for a while I need some serious sleep
 <sysipus_99> 12:30 huh?
 <grumpydog> yes
 <grumpydog> good luck :)
...
<grumpydog> Cerlyn, I am off to bed anyway. It did make sense the you 
have the channel