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| DATE | 2003-05-05 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Puppet President and Major Structural Problems
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BTW - I told the domain passwords. Did you write them down...
Ruben
On 2003.05.05 12:37 Marco Scoffier wrote:
>
> Ruben, I am afraid that Dave makes some very valid points.
> Every reasonable person who gets some knowledge about how NYLXS works
> would come to the same conclusion. Just like every resonable person who
> pokes around the webserver gasps, "what a mess".
>
> NYLXS is very far from a democracy. You have absolute control and
> refuse to give up the reigns.
>
> You personally have the passwords to every domain which had been in
> question. You even managed to steal the password to nylxs.org before I
> had a chance to change it, by reading Joe Maffia's email which I find
> inconceivable and just smells really wrong.
>
> You are also the only person to have root access to the server, meaning
> that no matter what anyone does you are the ultimate censor.
>
> If people felt that they had more control over the parts of the
> organisation of which they have been put in charge, they would work much
> much more.
>
> I haven't done very much since I was elected president, because I am a
> puppet, absolutely everything I would think of doing is ultimatly
> censored by you. And I'm sorry, but as much as I respect you, this is a
> major concern.
>
> If you want a vibrant democratic group, NYLXS needs some major
> structural overhaul, and some sensible proceedings such as those put
> forth by Dave and Michael about PR.
>
> I would further suggest:
>
> 1) a week of website overhaul to implement the templating system I have
> 90% finished and to fix some weirdnesses such as the date entry on the
> scheduling page, which makes the entries virtually unuseable by anyone
> but you. The templating system should allow each commitee head to
> control a branch of the site.
>
> 2) Switching the main site to nylxs.org which is closer to the mission,
> figuring out how to minimize the hiccup in the google rankings this
> switch will create.
>
> 3) Dedicating a mail server to nylxs.org. So that outgoing mails are not
> rewritten to www2.mrbrklyn.com. And looking into the possibility of
> webmail access for the members, or a secure imap server, I have been
> looking at dovecot recently which I have heard many good things about.
> Having mail go out as member-at-nylxs.org is an instant advertisement and
> helps to solidify the organisation.
>
> If you want this group to continue as the Ruben one-man show with
> whomever you happen to have coaxed along for this week, that's fine
> also. You have done many things as the Ruben one man show, and I am
> sure you will continue as you have been doing. Just don't call it a
> democracy.
>
> --
> Marco
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