Gene Heskett wrote: >On Wednesday 25 July 2007, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > >>Hi Gene >> >>At the moment, there are 5 board members: >>Jon Elson >>Ray Henry >>Alex Joni >>John Kasunich >>Chris Radek (Chairperson) >> >>I suspect there will be 5 after the election as well :) >> >>- Steve >> >> > >No doubt. But that does seem to be a pretty small table considering the >number of very talented folks available. It would seem to be a shame to bump >someone to make room for other, also highly qualified folks. > >Since emc's popularity seems to be growing all the time, being able to include >other talented people on the board would seem to be a worthwhile way of >saying thanks to all of them. > >Of course theres always that old saw about the error while compiling >committee.c, too many arguments to function. :) > > Heh. I like that one :)
The board is distinct from the developers. The board is there to make decisions that affect the direction of development (do we deviate from the RS274NGC spec, do we add features for 23-axis machines ...), decisions about things like distribution and websites, that sort of thing. Also, when situations arise that concern things like potential GPL violations or other licensing issues, the board is there as an authoritative body to communicate with outside parties. In essence, the board is mostly uninvolved with day-to-day development, as I see it. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
