>
> So one step at a time - is the model to your liking? It is good enough
> to run with and take any issues with as we go along?

I like your model.

Other than lie, cheat, and steal :), the ONLY thing the army tought me was  
that responsibility and authority must be coupled.

Taking resposibility without authority will be ineffective.
Granting authority without responsibility is crazy.

So, such a harvesting team/base image must have the authority to look at a  
change, review it, and get it into the update stream. Hours not months.


Also a VM team is important. I  have built my fair share of VMs. I still  
do not know if I have the latest VM for my image, or whether features like  
Ephermerons are in the VM. Other than looking at the source code.

Brent