mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) (11/29/83)
Late last winter, I posted a request for comments on whether the
DECUS UNIX SIG (of which I am formally the Chairman) should continue
to exist. The prerequisite was that somebody volunteer to act as
Chairman. I received only half-a-dozen responses, the most positive
of which included the sentence:
If there is interest in setting up a Canadian UNIX Users
group I would be interested enough to assist in its activities.
The DECUS Canada Library Committee has just sent out a letter
asking whether we want to receive the Canadian Symposium tapes
for distribution to our members (These don't include UNIX),
and to contribute to future ones. If the DECUS UNIX SIG is to
perform any function, the construction and distribution of
such tapes should presumably be one of its major functions.
So we arrive at a choice point. Either somebody takes over the
SIG and organizes it into a useful body, or else I simply submit
my resignation to the DECUS Board and recommend that the SIG
be disbanded, since the interests of its potential members are
being met in other ways.
Please could I have comments and recommendations. (Take into
account the interests of sites without access to the net, if
you can).
The most important recommendation is the name of a person willing
to act as Chairman (should of course be submitted with the knowledge
of the Candidate). If there are serious candidates -- who should be
DECUS members -- we might even go so far as to ask DECUS to conduct
an election.
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Martin Taylor
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