2010/3/11 keith <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk>:
> However, anyone who does join us, on setools at lists.squeakfoundation.org , or
> in irc #cuis I can promise you control of your own image, and I can promise
> you you can fork as much as you need to, but if you use this toolset you
> will not get left behind because the forum and tools for exchange of
> innovations between forks is in place.
>
> No image ever gets "released" and given to you to cope with. Rather
> completed stable features get released. You build the image you want by
> picking the stable features you want.
>
> No image you build ever stops being supported, although I use cuis as a
> starting point, you can pick your own starting point. Every innovation will
> be planned, documented, crafted and published separately for integration.
>
> not a bad start for a manifesto.
>
> Keith

You are promising a lot for someone not into politics. You are also
taking a lot of time talking about other things that are unrelated to
Cuis. Not that any of these are wrong. It just makes me think a bit...
and I have a question for you.

Why didn't you run for the Board?

You have a clear picture of what you want and you are no short of
words about the subject that passionate you. This is a good thing.
Some people who ran for the board did not have had as much to say as
you do. I wonder why you did not take your chance to "straighten up"
things. This would also have been an incredible opportunity for you to
gauge the interest of your peers and readjust yourself if otherwise
failing.

Now, you may say very harsh things about the board and perhaps they
are all true. History has however taught us that every time one of two
parties retracted from the adversity in spite of what they truly
believed, the other party came to absolute power and bad things
happened.

Ian.
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