"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20 -0500
Hi,
My sourceforge Login Name is "kevinsf" and ID "713533".
I did tabmanager and framemanager a while back not sure how it works now.
Are any dynapi sourceforge accounts or dynapi-dev list e-mails bouncing? If not people may be active in reading what's going on or even away on holiday.
Well, I know for sure that Dan's email is totally dead. I forget, maybe one of Jordi's works and one didn't. Most didn't bounce. But the mail accounts for all I know are abandonned, or the people are just not even interested in saying they're not interested.
Starting a cull within a week or two of the new activity here? But yes delete those with bouncing e-mail accounts.
I want people who are motivated to work on DynAPI. It will give a more accurate picture to people if the members list is full of people who actually do something besides collect dust. Doesn't have to be massive things. Even answering one email every month or two, just some sign of life. If they have said nothing on any list and contributed no code or patches for over 6 months, they're not motivated enough, forget them. If they are on vacation, in the hospital, kidnapped, or extremely busy, and they come back, and see they are no longer a member, then they have a choice. Just say "Hey put me back!", or just walk away. If they're not motivated to say "Hey, put me back", then forget them. If they're reading and can't make up their mind within one week, forget them. If we fill a project full of people who are not motivated, it will stagnate and die again. :-\ I am sorry if this offends motivated people who were preocccupied with other things, and I want it understood that it's no problem to have membership reinstated. I am not sorry if this offends unmotivated people, because the lack of motivation is offensive to me. ;-) Yes, I lakcked motivation for so long, so I asked myself should I just quit or keep going? It didn't take any longer than about 1 second to decide to keep trying and step up to the task. I've been motivated by some recent quotation that I read.
"As a final test of [Napoleon] Hill's staying qualities Carnegie put the question squarely, asking him is he were given an opportunity to organize the philosophy with Carnegie's help, whether or not he would complete the task which probably would require twenty years. Unknown to Hill, Carnegie gave him sixty seconds in which to make up his mind. In twenty-nine seconds Hill said that he would begin the job and complete it. Later he learned that Carnegie was sitting with a stopwatch in his hand, timing the answer. If it had gone beyond the sixty seconds, Hill would have lost his chance, as Carnegie had learned from his observation of men that those who are slow to make up their minds are also slow in carrying out their decisions."
Carnegie gave 60 seconds. I gave roughly 10,000 times that. It's more than enough. :)
Leif
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