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Re: [Lilux-info] Lilux-info Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1 (Absent jusqu'au 27/8/2007)

by Gérard HEINEN

18 years, 10 months

This evening's meeting CANCELLED (...or postponed)

by Alain Knaff

Due to the absence of many regular visitors (Thierry, Alex and me), we've decided to postpone this evening's meeting and presentation to a different day (to be announced later on) Sorry for the inconvenience. Alain

18 years, 11 months

We are not the only ones having trouble with attendance...

by Alain Knaff

http://www.linux.com/feature/118046 Alain

18 years, 11 months

Next meeting: VLC presentation

by Thierry Coutelier

VLC - the cross-platform media player and streaming server Thursday the 26th of July at 20h00 Pierre Fonck will present VLC at the LGL. -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl 7, Rue Jacques Sturm L-2556 Luxembourg Office:+352 710725 608 Home:+352 406776 http://www.lilux.lu/

18 years, 11 months

Support open standards in Europe

by Georges Toth

Open Standards are threatened again.... Please read more about it on this site: http://www.openstandards.eu There is also a petition on that site....deadline september -- regards, Georges Toth

18 years, 11 months

My Resignation as LilUx secretary

by Alain Knaff

Patrick Useldinger wrote: > "Stell dir vor es ist Linuxfest, und keiner geht hin" (frei nach Bert > Brecht). > > So - in how far is this different from the general Lilux club life? > > I brought this up some time ago (Jan 30th, 2007), I made suggestions, > and I was essentially ignored. Only Serge Marelli tried to be > constructive about it. The two other comments I got were about the > format, completely ignoring the matter itself. You, Alain, were among > those. Thierry didn't react at all. > > And now you are surprised? Come on, you're much smarter than that. > > As long as the committee doesn't realize *they* are the problem nothing > will change. And only the committee can change things. It's not about > the date or the grill. > > I'm still willing to help out, as soon as I have the impression that it > makes sense. At this point it simply doesn't. After some reflection, I have decided to resign from my post as a secretary. I felt that Linuxfest organization takes a lot of energy (at least for me, maybe other people are maybe better at this), with very little result. Over the course of the year, I did more _private_ Linux installations (going home to people, or doing it at our weekly Friday evening's meetings) than at our Fest! During the fest I gained a single new customer (Stefano. Other customers were present, but these were people which we already knew, like that guy from InfoLaden...), but during the year, many more (about 6, without even counting those brought in by Cedric an Pitt. And maybe I forgot some, and there were more than 6). So what is really the interest of organizing a Linuxfest for weeks, it is that turns out to not be a bang, but merely a fizzle...? I have thus come to the conclusion, that for me at least, organization of the LiLux events are a huge drain on my personal energy, but with very little result, very little thanks and much negative comments. Thus, I hereby resign from my post as a secretary, effective at our next meeting (end/middle of July, or maybe September if the July meeting is too short), which we should declare to be an "Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire" so that we can hold votes for my replacement. People who have some genial ideas how to dramatically improve our club activities are welcome to come forward and post their candidature as secretary. I fully admit that organization and coordinating is not exactly my strength, and that as a member of the existing committee I might indeed be part of the problem. Sorry for that. But don't panic: I'll still stay aboard as a (non-committee) member, I'm still willing to help with purely technical questions, and I might still help with technical tasks within any organization of an event that the new committee will come up. It's only the top-level organization that I prefer to get out of. Moreover I plan to still stay in charge of LLL which is a success. The boys (Cedric and Pitt) are doing a great task of marketing it to their class mates and schools, with big success. The only drawback is that in the meantime, our LLL is somewhat outdated, due to my lack of time to work on it (... time that I invested in the preparation of the LinuxFest indeed). However, Pitt and Cedric have done some great work taking over large parts of it, and most work on our new Kubuntu-based LLL version which will be ready in the next couple of weeks has been done by them. Thanks alot Pitt and Cedric for your valuable help! Only a couple of custom packages (webmin, userd, spam filter, ldap) are still missing, and I plan to use the time freed by my resignation as the LiLux secretary to provide these last missing parts. From what I can see, LLL is a high return-on-invest activity, which Lilux and is events appeared not to be (at least for me, in its current shape). LLL sites (ens.org.lu, transfair, infoladen) are very interested in the product, and come often with constructive feedback and request for new features! So I take the decision to resign from my LiLux responsibilities, and instead concentrate my efforts to areas where they will bear more fruits. Not only does the LLL initiative seem to interest people, but it is fun too! And the people who are helping with LLL (Cedric and Pitt) are fun to work with! I'm sorry to have go, but maybe a new committee will indeed be able to turn LiLux around, and make it again into the dynamic and successful organization it was meant to be. I wish them all my best. Maybe indeed they will indeed succeed. Organization, coordination, managing, motivating, animating people was never my strength, and so maybe a new committee might indeed by able to solve our issues. In any case, I wish them all the best! And if it does indeed turns out successful then, who knows, maybe I'll get more involved in LiLux again. And if on the other hand it flops too, so be it: in that case it frees everybody for pursuits which are more productive to the cause, or to their private wellbeing! Don't worry, I will still stay on-board as a mere member (non-committee) and continue come to our monthly meetings (maybe no longer to _all_ of them though), occasionally do a presentation, or help with some specific technical issues with event organization, should anybody have a question. I also will keep my internal organization notes available around for about a year at the disposal of whoever needs that info (task lists, contact Rossi customer numbers, statistics of past drink consumption where available etc.), whoever it will be. Also, I'm still open to the occasional, fun, non-Linux activities that may come up: fun evenings together, grill events, cinema, trips to concerts or elsewhere. And if private people have specific questions about Linux, I'm still available to help (if I know the answer, that is. Else I gladly refer to somebody who might now it) With my decision, I'm not trying to influence the other exiting committee members. To each his own decision to stay or leave. If Pierre also decides that it is too much for him to handle too, we may now have an incentive of having to look for a "real" meeting room (as Pascal suggests). But each existing committee member has to decide for himself whether he stays, or prefers to leave his seat to fresh blood. On a positive note: all people who were there (Pierre, Eric, Yvon, Thierry, Laurent, Pierre, Cedric, Fernand, ...) did indeed a great job helping _during_ the event! Thanks very much for your help, that one aspect seemed to be working so much better this time that the previous years. What I especially loved were people who were volunteering to come for the post-Fest cleanup (i.e. the least fun part of it)! Many thanks! It was only the help _before_ the fest (preparation) that was seriously lacking. Only Pierre (preparing rooms, getting authorization from his boss etc), Eric (free beer), Alex and me (general organization) were seriously helping _before_ the fest. But that's not enough. It's too much of a burden on just 4 people. Please post your candidatures for secretary to the lilux-admin list. If other existing committee members prefer to resign as well, please also post the list, so that we can get replacement candidatures for these as well. And I am sure, even if Pierre resigns, he too will still be fairplay enough to keep the LGL's doors open to us, until a "real meeting location" is found. Thanks for your time, and best wishes for the future for the new committee! Alain

18 years, 11 months

La licence Gnu GPL reconnue par la justice française

by Michel Maria-Sube

see: http://fr.news.yahoo.com/29062007/308/la-licence-gnu-gpl-reconnue-par-la-ju…

18 years, 11 months

[Fwd: [ffii] FFII puts up a prize in fight against Microsoft Office standardisation]

by Thierry Coutelier

PRESS RELEASE -- [ Europe / Economy / Innovation ] ======================================================================== FFII puts up a prize in fight against Microsoft Office standardisation ======================================================================== Brussels, June 27, 2007 -- The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), said that it was putting up a 2,500 Euro prize in its fight against Microsoft's attempt to gain international standardisation for its Office format. Veteran FFII campaigner Benjamin Henrion, founder of the noOOXML.org site, explains: "Microsoft is spending millions on rent-a-crowd support for international certification for its proprietary Office format, OOXML. But we already have an ISO standard for word processing, called ODF (Open Document Format). OOXML is Microsoft's attempt to subvert this existing standard, to keep its strangle-hold on the world of documents. It's time for activists across the world to stand up, to reach out to their national ISO bodies, and to explain why Microsoft's format is not open, not a standard, and not XML." The FFII is putting its money where its mouth is. The team that makes the best effort to helping the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) fight off Microsoft's lobbying stands to win an FFII "Kayak Award", consisting of 2,500 Euro and the chance to present their campaign at the FFII's annual conference in November. FFII president Pieter Hintjens explains: "In July 2005, before the vote on the Software Patents Directive, a group of young campaigners took to kayaks, in the waters outside the Parliament building in Strasbourg. They fought a symbolic battle with industry lobbyists who had rented a yacht. The Kayak symbolises individual skill and collective action." To qualify for nomination for the Kayak Award, a team or campaigner must show how they made a significant impact on the ISO process, "to defend ODF and stop Microsoft's attempts to corrupt the international standards-setting process", as Henrion puts it. "Anything goes: websites, letter-writing campaigns, going to meetings, even kayaks." The deadline for nominations is 31 August, and the award winner will be announced on 30 September 2007. For more details see http://www.noOOxml.org/kayak . ======================================================================== Background Information ======================================================================== Microsoft is pushing for adoption of its Microsoft Office file format as an ISO standard in a fast-track mode. Countries members of ISO has until the 2nd of September to make their mind on the specification. Most of the countries are receiving comments from the public until the end of June or the beginning of July. ======================================================================== Links ======================================================================== * Say NO to Microsoft Office broken standard http://www.noooxml.org * Kayak prize to defeat OOXML to become an ISO standard http://www.noooxml.org/kayak * Microsoft invading Denmark with puppets http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-12377/microsoft-invading-denmark-with-puppets * FFII opposes Fasttrack adoption of Microsoft OOXML format as ISO standard http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/FFII_opposes_Fasttrack_adoption_of_Mic… * Pictures of the activist kayaks vs. the patent lobby yacht http://gallery.ffii.org/v/BxlStbRizox050706/ * Permanent link to this press release http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/FFII_puts_up_a_prize_in_fight_against_… ======================================================================== Contact information ======================================================================== Benjamin Henrion FFII Brussels +32-2-414 84 03 +32-484-566109 bhenrion(a)ffii.org (French/English) ======================================================================== About the FFII ======================================================================== The FFII is a not-for-profit association registered in twenty European countries, dedicated to the development of information goods for the public benefit, based on copyright, free competition, open standards. More than 850 members, 3,500 companies and 100,000 supporters have entrusted the FFII to act as their voice in public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual property) in data processing. -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl 7, Rue Jacques Sturm L-2556 Luxembourg Office:+352 710725 608 Home:+352 406776 http://www.lilux.lu/

18 years, 11 months

Important reminder: LinuxFest

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, This Week-End (30/06 and 01/07) we have our annual LinuxFest in the LGL (Lycée de Graçons Limpersberg). Every member should come and if possible bring her/his family and friends with them. We will enjoy meeting you there. You may find more details on http://www.linux.lu Best regards. - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl 7, Rue Jacques Sturm L-2556 Luxembourg Office:+352 710725 608 Home:+352 406776 http://www.lilux.lu/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGgmeyPOfrcNNQX7oRAmOPAJsGSRlsOSy315RHtVySVCP6rFUBfgCdHg3a KoBJIqZJFUK5O4XsA4JHdSw= =8pvY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

18 years, 11 months

Grillfest on Saturday evening

by Alain Knaff

If you plan to the Grillfest on Saturday evening, please reply, so that we can plan on how much meat to get Thanks, Alain

18 years, 12 months

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