I suppose I'm opening one of those proverbial cans of worms, but I'd like to (sort of gingerly) see if y'all think a charter change might be in order.
We're still using the one we started with in 1991. We're talking 23 years! In that time, the EVDL has changed focus a bit. For one thing, we've become more of an EV hobbyist resource. I think we need to acknowlege that. We've had some lengthy online debates and discussions about what we should be. We've even taken votes on it - for example, the one to limit discussion of hydrogen and FCVs something close to 20 years ago. I think we also voted to not discuss over-unity machines and other stuff that seems to violate the laws of physics. But we still have the same charter. So I put on my thinking cap, and came up with some ideas. As I see it, our charter shouldn't be a kitchen-sink document. That is, it shouldn't try to be an exhaustive list of absolutely everything we do and don't want to be. It shouldn't specify every little thing that we want to discuss and all those that we don't. It should be general enough to keep the list open, but specific enough to keep it focused some. (How's that for a chore?) It should be nice and short and simple and clear. Here is our current charter: ===== The EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion Mailing List is intended to provide a forum to discuss the current state of the art and future direction of electric vehicles. It is not intended to discuss either EV appropriateness or comparisons with other transportation primary drive modes such as the venerable internal combustion engine. Those discussions are best relegated to the appropriate usenet newsgroup. An electric vehicle is any vehicle which uses an electric motor as the primary or sole motive force. The energy storage device used to drive said motor can use any technology including, but not limited to, solar electric, electric battery, fuel cell, internal combustion engine coupled with a electric generator (hybrids), or any combination of these. Production electric vehicles are currently available. Internal combustion engine vehicles can be converted to electric power. A number of companies perform this conversion. A number of manufacturers provide equipment and components allowing you to "do it yourself." ===== And here is my first try at a new one. I'm not wedded to this by any means, it's just an attempt to describe what we are at the core. ===== The EVDL (Electric Vehicle Email Discussion List) exists for two main purposes: 1, To provide a forum for discussing the current state of the art and future direction of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). 2. To support and assist those who have BEVs; or are considering buying, leasing, or building them. The EVDL is not intended to discuss either BEV general appropriateness, or comparisons with other vehicles using combustion engines. A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is any vehicle which uses an electric motor as its primary or sole motive force, and a rechargeable battery to store externally-supplied electrical energy. ===== What do y'all think? You're welcome to reply either on list or off. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
