All the questions from all active free software volunteers for the best interest of the movement (especially the questions raised by Vikram) need to be clarified...<div>Please ensure democratic functioning of the free software movement in India...</div>
<div>I hope FSF-I responsibles would come up with the answers...</div><div>No one can play hide and seek for a long time in such a movement...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Vikram Vincent <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vincentvikram@gmail.com">vincentvikram@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Greetings,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/18 Nagarjuna G. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nagarjun@gnowledge.org" target="_blank">nagarjun@gnowledge.org</a>></span><div>
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<div><div></div><div>On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Vikram Vincent<br>
<<a href="mailto:vincentvikram@gmail.com" target="_blank">vincentvikram@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> 2008/11/18 Arun M <<a href="mailto:arun@gnu.org.in" target="_blank">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></div></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...<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vikram Vincent<br>+919448810822<br><a href="http://swatantra.org/" target="_blank">http://swatantra.org/</a><br>
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