On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 12:45 -0500, RealGrouchy (CAM) wrote: > I've been on here for two days,
And summed up pretty well most of the issues that have been getting kicked around for the last few years :-) > As a new Marketing volunteer, I have had to fight through a lot of > technical jungles and read a lot of lists of procedure just to get > involved. We should simplify and clarify the instructions for getting > involved so that a person doesn't have to be as hardcore as I am to > not get turned off by these obstacles! This has in fact been a cause of a lot of the debate over the last year or two. You are just seeing some of the after-shocks :-) > Use of technology is important to this. > ............(on a wiki, presumably the important information is the > stuff that stays up). Yes, the Wiki should - and I think is and will - make a big difference. > As for the project leaders (the initial reason for this debate)... If > you're presenting a case, support it. The onus is on you to present > support for your argument, not on others to "read back". I for one, am > not able to "read back", and even if I could, would not waste my time > in doing to. In my view, the most significant single act of leadership we have seen this year is the establishment of the Wiki. I just did a quick search for Wiki in the marketing list back to 2003. Its enlightening to read some of the comments and wonder why this didn't happen in an Open Source project a long time ago. That is the root of the frustration and if you feel it after 2 days and Steven after a few weeks think what it is like for people who have been here for years ;-) Think also of those that left. Here is an extract from a private E-mail sent to me on Feb 16 2003 by someone who quit shortly afterwards. "Again, where can I put my input and make it visible to this forum for criticism. I do not care if it is a "wiki" or a "wako". Just start somewhere if there is nothing, build on what there is but enlighten me where I can find that "whatever there is"!" At that time I was arguing for the status quo. I was wrong. Hopefully the Wiki is the start of better days. -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
