@Greg Soper -

Yes, this is a 'dynamic' that arises repeatedly 'in association' with the overall 'grassroots' Open Source community.

I don't know the 'local' scene in Scotland, nor am I familiar with the "Open Source Scotland" organization.

That acknowledged, I do know and am familiar with repeated cases over the years & throughout the international scope of Open Source, in which someone or something comes out in a public way, claiming or implying that they are or represent the Open Source phenomenon, per se, in general. Usually, there are fairly extensive 'liberties' being taken, with such 'representations'.

We see hints of this even with the odd member of so well-grounded & secure an entity as WordPress, in which someone occasionally expresses themselves in a fashion that can sound like it wants to "equate" WordPress and Open Source ... which of course is not even vaguely close.

Because it is largely unorganized & informal in nature, virtually anyone or anything is relatively free to publicize themselves as 'being' or 'representing' Open Source.

That Scotland could be well-populated with Open Source personae non gratae & assorted turdlings who are glossed over by Open Source Scotland, and who return the favor with interest, would hardly be surprising.