Archive:2005-04-17

Meetings are awesome, more people should come to them.

Fred's secret suggestion
This is where the idea of keeping a public set of minutes breaks down. We can talk about what we think of Fred's secret suggestion, but we can't say what it is in the public set of minutes, otherwise it's no longer a secret. Perhaps the e-mail to the core team can. How do we handle important secrets in an organization dedicated to openness?

Minutes
Attendance: Nelson, Njeri, Rebekah, Amanda, Nick, Andy, Mike

Issues that were raised

 * How does FreeCutlure.org deal with file sharing of copyrighted materials?
 * Do we support file sharing? Do we think the RIAA's lawsuits are wrong, and if so, how should we oppose them?
 * After-the-call Comment: What was the resolution here? Maybe start a Illegal Filesharing page to put our position on? I will fill it with my ideas, but someone who attended the call should put on the consensus.--LukeStodola 22:05, 17 Apr 2005 (EDT)
 * There was no consensus, that's why we didn't put down the result here. The wiki is not the right place to hash out fundamentals, in my opinion, that's better done in real-time.  Once we agree on basics, we can hammer out details on the wiki.  We will return to these issues on the next call. -- Nelson 00:54, 18 Apr 2005 (EDT)
 * How do we present ourselves on the issue? How do we oppose the public image of "piracy" with file sharing, or do we get involved at all?
 * How independent are the local chapters?
 * Without national org has a consensus, can the local groups do nothing, or anything they want.
 * With consensus on the issue, how closely do they have to follow that consensus, or can they oppose it in some situations?