[Debian-uk] Letter to the BBC re. DRM

[Jonathan McDowell]

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 11:51:43AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> There's an open letter that people might want to sign here:
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>   http://www.freethebbc.info/node/5
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> Would anyone object to my signing it as "The Chairman of the Debian UK
> Society"?

My understanding was that DUS was setup to prevent the "Steve gets run
over by a bus and all of Debian's money in the UK becomes inaccessible"
problem. Hence trying to have a very "light" society, because it
doesn't do much. I don't think that signing petitions/open letters on
behalf of the society fits in with this, so I would prefer it if you
didn't sign as the chairman. The society should hold the money,
disperse it as the DPL advises and that's basically it, IMO.

(As balance I add the fact that the lurkers don't support me on IRC;
and I concede their point that whatever the majority of the society
want should happen.)

J.

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