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Originally Posted by Table 5
Lol, putting up a site and then running away when people start asking questions, is really gutsy stuff. You make our war-veterans look like sissy cowards.
I thought the whole point was to "generate discussion". Why not actually discuss it instead of doing a couple of drive by joke posts?
Oh and how exactly did that site hold Civic Camp accountable?
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I'm loathe to do this because I don't want to condone the commandeering of the name or defend their actions, but I actually think that there were some questions asked here that ought to have been. I say that as a definite supporter of Civic Camp (the original one). I think their work to put on forums, stream them and open access has been excellent and I am very happy with their work.
So what questions, you might ask? Well it did strike me as odd that there was no accountability for their funding. I do think that the whole thing could've been prevented for about $100 and following a few guidelines to register as a society. That's actually a pretty important issue; if you plan to ask candidates to disclose their financials (which I also agree with) and don't so it yourself its somewhat hollow.
All that being said, there was another way to approach this. Why not get a hold of Civic Camp and say "hey, I noticed you guys haven't registered as a society...can I help with that because I happen to know how you go about that.". After all, its a volunteer organization and they clearly could've used the advice! I also know that if I were one of the people in charge I not only would've appreciated that angle as opposed to basically rubbing my face in it to prove a point.