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Dearest committee, that I doth love with all my heart,<br>
forsooth I do despair to ever know yours.<br>
<br>
My heart does indeed ache, <br>
without the knowing of why you do such things.<br>
For lo, the detailed minutes are yet to appear.<br>
And thus the wisdom of your fine actions doth escape me.<br>
A humble man, without such knowing that your grandselves do possess.<br>
<br>
In my ignorance, I do but see,<br>
the roguish bob and his dashing companion tpg, (though I did not
a-spy the grand Gozzard)<br>
did descend upon� the clubroom, <br>
and righteously spend many hours fighting that fell beast: the
gunter of cocks.<br>
<br>
Acting as they were dutifully bound as knights of the wheel-shaped
table.<br>
As ancient committee of days past had charged them<br>
"You, sir wheel member, you shall up hold the network, the severs
and the clubroom machines, and keep the club in a state of glorious
repair."<br>
<br>
Do not, the citizenry despair when such disrepair descend like a
dark curse?<br>
And have not these very heros, even just in the lastest of days
installth the new SOE,<br>
upon all the linux machines, bring unto as days of glory with
working lock screens?<br>
Truely such days we see now are truely pleasing.<br>
We can, no doubt, lay never ending praise upon my most loved
committee for them.<br>
<br>
And so I can only presume, being of stout heart, that <br>
the rougish bob, his dashing companion tpg (and sadly not the grand
Gozzarda),<br>
were acting upon this duty.<br>
No doubt they were investigating, the much cursed network issues the
did plague the fell cock grunting beast.<br>
And so, as is the common practice, no doubt they did install the
glorious standard operating environment, of the most compatible
linux operating system.<br>
It is clear that this was done to investigate and solve and fulfill
duty,<br>
but sadly our brave heros were defeated, <br>
and fled before being able to revive fell grunter to a glorious
beast of burden.<br>
<br>
And if wise committee, glorious committee, the most loved committee,<br>
we to lock the accounts of every wheel member who broke a thing
while trying to fix it,<br>
and did not unbreak in a 4th of a moon.<br>
Why then committee would lock the account of every knight ever to
serve.<br>
<br>
and so, my dear committee,<br>
please do illumine foolish me,<br>
on your wisdom,<br>
that my love for you may go on for ever, without blemish or
confusion.<br>
<br>
[*OX] <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/03/2016 8:55 PM, Jonathan Van
buren wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Dear extra most dearest committee,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you for your swift and no doubt highly
considered action against those that chose to make a highly used
computer "properly functioning Linux machine" (read: pretty much
never used after its "upgrade").</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you for recalling my humble wishes when I
donated the machine to be used as a Windows machine (I'm happy
with dual boot) and honoring that even though the computer has
seen better days.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you for dealing with the likely onslaught of
ancient members, some of whom of which are only seen once in a
blue moon (read: only when Satan let's them walk the mortal
plane once again).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you for being for the most part a friendly and
approachable committee that has put in fair and honest effort
over the last year. One which has made the clubs day to day
runnings more inclusive then ever (like dayum we had a good
fresher year). The club has improved a lot in my measly 6 years
of� being an active member.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rest assured the votes given to you were paid back in
full. Sleep easy knowing you served the club well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Godspeed committee and may the next committee look
towards you as an example of committee that truely represents
it's members.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><3<br>
JVB<br>
</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, 8:25 PM Chris Squire <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spartan@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spartan@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au">spartan@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a></a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dearest
Committee,<br>
<br>
I'm most disappointed in approach you have to an otherwise
simple<br>
'issue' and discussion which follows.<br>
<br>
Formal sentence construction and a pretense of authority
doesn't excuse<br>
overreaction, nor failing to have a frank and direct offlist
discussion to<br>
firstly establish the claimed actions of members, secondly to
properly<br>
establish what happened from the secondary evidence of webcam
history, and<br>
thirdly to remember this club is actually built on the daily<br>
experimentation and organic changes of members rather than a
hierarchy<br>
atop its perch.<br>
<br>
The process has been just as opaque as the commiittee's
operation through<br>
the year, and committee should well remember their
responsibilities are<br>
to serve the members and ensure transparent leadership for the
votes they<br>
earned in lieu of members performing direct democratic
intervention.<br>
It is not permission to keep to an insular group and provide
decrees. I<br>
only hope that the club can remain as inclusive and open as
the committees<br>
I've been a part of way back when.<br>
<br>
Heaven forbid an ancient machine which was deemed no longer
fit for<br>
purpose be repurposed as a properly functioning linux boot
computer in a<br>
club known for bucking the trend of running Windows anywhere
and everywhere.<br>
<br>
Leave the dramatics at the door on the way into tomorrow's
AGM.<br>
<br>
[CJS] spartan<br>
<br>
On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Mitchell Pomery wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi Andrew,<br>
><br>
> I am aware of who was sitting at the machine last Monday
night. I also<br>
> hoped that we could settle this without degrading into a
shouting match/wheel<br>
> war. This decision was arrived upon by the committee
during a committee<br>
> meeting.<br>
><br>
>> From discussions with the involved parties and people
in the clubroom the<br>
> following day, it appeared as if you were the ringleader
in this instance. If<br>
> this was not the case, please let us know. However the
reason for the<br>
> difference in punishments is due to past interactions
with the parties<br>
> involved. If you this is not correct or you think that we
are treating you<br>
> unfairly, please let the committee know.<br>
><br>
> As outlined in the email below, the reason for the
account locking is due to<br>
> what we gauged the intention behind the actions to be and
the events<br>
> following them. It was made apparent that you are trying
to control the club<br>
> by any means possible, when this is not within your
rights. The club is run<br>
> by the committee under the guidance of the constitution
and policies made<br>
> under it. If you have issues with the way the committee
is running the club,<br>
> and you feel that the committee is not listening to your
concerns, there are<br>
> measures within the constitution that allow you to take
appropriate action.<br>
><br>
> If you would like to catch up with me after the AGM
tomorrow, let me know and<br>
> I will make sure that I have time for you. We are willing
to leave any<br>
> disciplanary action until after this meeting.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Mitchell Pomery<br>
><br>
> 2015 President<br>
> University Computer Club<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Andrew Adamson wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Mitch,<br>
>><br>
>> I wasn't the one who reinstalled cockgrunter. Check
the webcam archives<br>
>> for the evening in question. Not that it even matters
- the machine is<br>
>> about to be thrown out.<br>
>><br>
>> Andrew Adamson<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bob@ucc.asn.au" target="_blank">bob@ucc.asn.au</a><br>
>><br>
>> |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat
them."� � � � � � � � |<br>
>> | ---Peter's Laws� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
� � � � � � � � � � |<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Mitchell Pomery wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Dear Andrew Adamson,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Upon discussion by the 2015 UCC Committee about
your actions last Monday<br>
>>> night<br>
>>> and the responses to questions asked of you
afterwards, we, the 2015 UCC<br>
>>> Committee, have decided to lock your account for
7 days from Midnight,<br>
>>> Monday<br>
>>> the 14th of March. You will have until midnight
to make any arrangements,<br>
>>> such<br>
>>> as email forwarding. If you are found to be
accessing UCC's servers or<br>
>>> desktops through other means during this time,
further action may be<br>
>>> taken.<br>
>>><br>
>>> This outcome was decided on by a vote by the UCC
Committee after reviewing<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> actions taken and intent behind them in regards
to cockgrunter being<br>
>>> reinstalled without warning or reason. We feel
that these actions were<br>
>>> taken<br>
>>> with intent to subvert committee and its
processes and were done in an<br>
>>> attempt<br>
>>> to try and set the club on the path that you want
it to be on, when this<br>
>>> is<br>
>>> not within your purview. This is not the sort of
behaviour that we expect<br>
>>> from<br>
>>> the system administrators in our club and the
fact that this has occured<br>
>>> is<br>
>>> upsetting.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We understand that you have put a lot of time and
effort into the club,<br>
>>> and<br>
>>> feel passionately for the club and want to see it
be the best that it can<br>
>>> be.<br>
>>> However, the day to day running of the club is
done by the committee, and<br>
>>> it's<br>
>>> direction is set by the committee, guided by the
constitution and the<br>
>>> policies<br>
>>> made under it. If you would like to help with
setting the direction of the<br>
>>> club and it's day to day running, please feel
free to run for a committee<br>
>>> position or to consult with the committee when
they are making policies.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In the event where you have a disagreement with
actions of the committee,<br>
>>> or<br>
>>> the direction in which the club is being taken,
please bring them up<br>
>>> formally<br>
>>> with the committee. If you feel the committee is
ignoring you or not<br>
>>> responding to you, please feel free to escalate
your concerns, up to<br>
>>> organising a General Meeting Called by Ordinary
Members as outlined by the<br>
>>> constitution if so required.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards,<br>
>>> Mitchell Pomery on behalf of the 2015 UCC
Committee<br>
>>><br>
>>> 2015 President<br>
>>> University Computer Club<br>
>>><br>
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