Greetings,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/18 Nagarjuna G. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nagarjun@gnowledge.org">nagarjun@gnowledge.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Vikram Vincent<br>
<<a href="mailto:vincentvikram@gmail.com">vincentvikram@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> 2008/11/18 Arun M <<a href="mailto:arun@gnu.org.in">arun@gnu.org.in</a>><br>
>><br>
>> <snip>FSF India was not part of the conference though some board members<br>
>> participated<br>
>> in the event. Our participation is no way an endorsement to the<br>
>> conference.<br>
>> FSF India do have its own stand on the conference. Please note that<br>
>> this has nothing<br>
>> to do with what happened.<br>
><br>
> Why is it that FSF-I has no public opinion about anything important?<br>
> Chennai, Kochi, Bangalore...<br>
> We want to know the reason for FSF-I not being a part of the conference.<br>
> From the Vision of FSF-I <a href="http://www.gnu.org.in/why-we-exist" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org.in/why-we-exist</a> the only work of<br>
> FSF-I is to be a not-for-profit company with certain goals which are not<br>
> mass movement oriented. This is not useful to the Free Software Movement<br>
> which is a mass movement.<br>
> Is FSF-I democratic in its constitution? Meaning, are the members elected or<br>
> do company policies apply?<br>
> If FSF-I continues in this manner then why do we need any FSF-I? We need an<br>
> organisation which can guide this Movement and not simply to give<br>
> verdict/blessings that "this/you is/are right", "that/you is/are wrong",...<br>
> We want to know how FSF-I intends to proceed in the future. Does it plan to<br>
> be a participant in the Movement? We want it to be democratic and<br>
> representative of the Movement in all senses and not simply through talk.<br>
<br>
</div></div>A large set of questions, and each of them will be clarified.<br>
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Nagarjuna<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>Since almost a week has passed would this be an ok time for a friendly reminder?<br>Kindly also address the following:<br>
When was the last time that FSF-I had an election to the committee? When does it plan to have the next elections? <br>
Which system of functioning does FSF-I follow since sister FSFs do not follow the same system...<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vikram Vincent<br>+919448810822<br><a href="http://swatantra.org/">http://swatantra.org/</a><br>