Wednesday, Wednesday, March 06, 2002, 6:07:02 PM, Marc Schneiders wrote: >> And it is experiencing some problems with the person who starting it >> trying to make it in his image, rather than the image of those who are >> its members, and repeating mistakes he's made in other groups his >> tried to setup along similar lines that took 2 years to finally >> straighten out.
> This was not started by Joop Teernstra. Yes, it was. And was funded by a donation to him for $1,000 to get it rolling. > He just put up the > website. The content is monitored by a panel/steering group. So there > is no need to worry. Well, there has already been some quite public disputes over this, and about the make up of that panel not being varied enough to truly look after the broader interests. Lots of concerns raised over exclusionary practices many of them have been supporting, making statements that certain classes of people of no business being in the at-large, etc. I'm just saying, this movement is still very immature, and is not at all stable, and I'm very concerned that the stubbornness of its founder in believing that his judgement is better than others, and his need to exert control, that it may end up hurting the entire movement. And on an issue this important, that would be a real travesty. > The members will vote. Let's not forget that. So be a member. It is > free. According to Joop, not until there are 1000 members. Until then, he dictates, and lets his self selected panel override him if they can almost all agree. It's not a democratic way of doing things, not yet anyway. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- OpenSRS installation and customizations Payment Processing Integration Apache Installation and Support Services http://www.wxsoft.com/
