[MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.

[Matt Chipman]

Ahhh yes the tall poppy syndrome is alive and well.  All those that think
they can perform better in front of a camera or over the phone or a face to
face interview please put up their hand.  Before you do, just remember the
questions come thick and fast, there is no rehearsal of questions cos they
like the Human side of the reactions to the questions they ask.

Knowing full well that whatever you say will be not good enuff, the wrong
thing, taken out of context and ultimately can be turned and manipulated
totally out of context.  And what is the alternative?  Don't do any
interviews don't promote any Wireless networking and then allow the major
players to take the cream off the top.

What this article has done is take the wireless cause and promoted it.
People will read the article and logon to the website.  They won't remember
the news article but they will remeber this crap going on if they decide to
read the forums.

People not in Melbourne Wireless that do have interview time with
journalists, should thank their lucky stars they have not had an out of
context writing journalist.  It is almost a guarentee you will get one
eventually.  When you do, lets hope you can handle it as well as Steven
Haigh has.

-Matt Chipman


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Abbenhuys" <sneeze at alphalink.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.


> xfesty,
> by your strong stance and views against steve I assume you must be from
> melbourne. Will you be attending the next Melbwireless meeting to sign up
as
> an official member as I'm sure something could be entered into the agenda
> for you to speak about your view.  Also, I'm sure there are lots of other
> people who would like to see/speak to you in person.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: xfesty
> To: syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com
> Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 3:48 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.
>
>
> http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10341
>
> Just read that URL.  I'm a slight bit peeved after reading it.  I don't
> understand how one man could make Melb Wireless look so freakin' bad.
>
> I think this one quote is relevant, where the incompetency shines out:
>
> > Melbourne Wireless president Steven Haigh said his organisation is not
> trying to undercut the ISPs. "At the moment, we are not trying to rival
the
> ISPS at all," he said.
> > "Not yet, but you never know what happens," he added.
>
> ....thankyou for the great representation of community networks, Mr. "War
on
> ISP's".
>
> I've not heard a lot from Haigh, but I've heard him *continually*
contradict
> himself, and generally make Melbourne Wireless (and community wireless
> groups in general) look very taunting to telecommunication corporations.
> Its evident even in that one article.  Thank god Duane has half a clue on
> how to explain things, which stopped the article from going the way it
> seemed to be headed.
>
> I'm strongly of the opinion that Haigh may mean the end of free community
> wireless in Australia.  Statements that he makes *all the time* is going
to
> get us killed.  The reason we are here is because this is a hobby, not
> because we're deliberately trying to rip off a company.  Our represented
> attitudes is directly dependent on how the 'giants' handle us.  I honestly
> do believe its possible that they could kill us completely off, if they
> wanted.
>
> Melb Wireless - I'm not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but
you
> may want to re-evaluate who you have as your head man.  Remember - these
> people are representing YOU, and the future of community networks.
> Personally I'm satisfied with people like Craig and Duane, who in
media-type
> situations have expressed the community's general interest accurately, and
> not make us look like a bunch of warez kiddies.  That's certainly not why
> I'm here.
>
> My general problem is the fact that anything Haigh says to represent Melb
> Wireless just doesn't nessecarily reflect them; it actually reflects any
> community group in Australia.  And as a result of that, we get the
> repercussions of such statements that he may make.  I'm not comfortable
with
> that, or the way things may be headed if this keeps up.
>
> I think we all need to look at the big picture again and realise why we
want
> this.  People are getting a /tad/ distracted.
>
> - Ryan
>
>
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