Berin Loritsch wrote:
Stephen McConnell wrote:
Paul Hammant wrote:
Stephen,
We had some steerage from outside the committer list of this project did we not?
Yep - lots of steerage - bugger all contribution.
But it kind of makes sense. If you go back and look at the context we wanted to say (in fact we were desperate to say) "yes - we are united" and we plastered over our differences (and for good reasons). Six months down the track and the plaster is falling off. Instead of doing things because we are trying to hold together a picture, we can actually talk about doing things because we want to.
If we are not united, then the future of this project at ASF is limited,
at best. I have tried my hardest to get us united--but apparently all that
work was for nothing. I failed to provide a vision we could all get behind.
I failed to help us agree on certain key things that I believe would help
our users (the meta tags). I failed to get us all working on one code base
with one purpose.
Actually Berin I think we are much more united that you think. The difference is that I'm more interested in freely being united than being united by inscription.
The status quo sucks. It sucks for our users, it sucks for us, and it sucks
for people subscribed to this list. What would make us united? You tell me,
I can't seem to do it.
What will make us united is the freedom of everyone here to choose if, what, how, why and when unity can/should occur, based on an individuals interests, desires and passions, mixed with the stuff and circumstance that is Avalon. Instead of pushing, let go! Demonstrate your confidence in the community and the potential for emergent solutions.
Stephen.
.. where "we" is simply my perception of "us", "then" - if you known what I mean ...
Actually no. What do you mean?
Loosely translated it means that the association of "we" is in fact a mental projection of the broader "us" at a time in the past, and as such, I maintain all rights to the claim of plausible deniability of said thoughts, on the grounds that it didn't at a time that wasn't on a subject that isn't.
Stephen.
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