I looked at the site, and started forming a few opinions / rants, but
will just comment on the interaction Dianne had with them. You can judge
things by verifying facts (where production is vastly cheaper than
validation), but also by identifying good faith interactions.
The interaction reminds me of interviewing candidates. Ask questions
until the interviewee had to either acknowledge they didn't know
something, make stuff up and hope, or outright lie. Dianne's interaction
reminds me of those types of interviews (for people who didn't get a 2nd
round)
Specifically, once their facts have been called out, they substitute
"values" (committed, proud, appreciate feedback, welcome constructive
criticism). Only acknowledging a single (inescapable) point, whilst
ignoring the rest seems evasive, and maybe hoping they can get away with
admitting the minimum.
A total lack of any relevant history of these people is strange, but
their donate and sponsor buttons are boldly displayed.
I'm going with Dianne on this one.
Tug
On 02/08/2026 11:04, Dianne Skoll via linux wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:59:57 -0400
Katie via linux<linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote:
In the process of looking into the Linux Association of Canada (in order
to likely add it to the list of Canadian user groups I am creating), I
was alerted to this situation with the Linux User Group in Saskatchewan
(below).
What situation are we looking at? The apparent loss of a meetup organizer?
Anyway, I've been having a little conversation on Mastodon with someone
from Linux Association of Canada and the responses have only made me
more suspicious of the group. Thread is here:
https://mastodon.social/@linuxassociation@thecanadian.social/116892622943967624
Regards,
Dianne.
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