Hello all,
having caught up with the list archive, here is a rough gaggle of comments from me:
Rough consensus that the SqF can evolve through multiple iterations frees us from the need to be perfect.
We need to continue to accomplish concrete, immediately-useful things in the very short term to sustain and build energy.
Money will be important but there is a lot being accomplished here without any money changing hands, without corporate memberships, etc. I think at this moment it's likely to be a distraction. Don't take on too much for iteration 1. (All sympathies to Tim etc. envisioning plush suites for el presidente..)
In the last month or so a domain has been registered, a list & wiki set up and there has been superb discussion from many parties. Enough material and consensus has been gathered to take the next step - the Squeak Foundation (iteration 1).
We the members of this list *are* the squeak foundation and for iteration 1 we can just decide who does what. For now, at least the following have my full mandate and my thanks:
Dan Ingalls as SqF project leader, SqC liaison and chief spokesman Dan Shafer as documentation leader Cees de Groot as web/wiki/listmaster (& chief chaordic educator) Dave Thomas as something - did I hear him volunteering ? someone from stable squeak (john sarkela ?)
Ordinarily DI's role above might appear to be too much concentration of power but at the moment I think it's just right.
I applaud the lifting of ideas and practices from other worthy organizations which have done much legwork and testing, and as usual I commend Debian as a prime source.
As has been noted, pink and blue planes go hand in hand. They are the two legs on which squeak can walk forward.
For what it's worth! Regards, -Simon