> If I become leader of this project, though, my first move will be to strike "future" from the title.  While I want it to take us into the future, I want the design done in 3 months, and I want something working in 6 months.

Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am for it.

I feel that, once we have something that runs and that some people are happy with, it should be included in the image.

Alexandre

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