Jeff since I've never had the money to go. Are you saying that it is a bit .... Noisy?
Lee Foster (e)consultant, Web developer, Web Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615-834-1876 http://www.l3enterprises.com Nashville, TN -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Summary of the Fusebox Democracy - an attempt Hi, Nev. Lee was talking about the meeting space for the annual Fusebox Conference. The members of the Council have been meeting with one another face-to-face for years now, but it's been at our own expense and as opportunities present. The vast majority of Fusebox interaction, even at the Council level, happens through one electronic medium or another. And you're right--we find we make the most progress in the shortest time when meeting in person. Unfortunately, though the Council resides on the same continent, we're pretty thoroughly distributed. Nat and Erik are in Oregon, I'm near Washington, DC, Steve is in South Carolina, John's in New York, and Hal is in Atlanta. Our opportunities to get together are generally centered around CF events or various class-related travel. Fortunately, the Fusebox lists tend toward the highest signal-to-noise ratios I've seen anywhere on the Net. - Jeff On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 02:11 AM, Nev wrote: > Greetings all, > > I notice with some interest Lee's remark about conference rooms. > > <<<"mailing lists) and other costs incurred (conference rooms, etc).">>> > > Does this infer that you guys actually meet head to head (ie. travel > around the world to a central location, lock horns, and actually > overcome the difficulties of the NON-face to face communication? > > Does this travel occur at both Council and Steering committee levels? > > How do you fit this into your lives? > > If this is so, is this travel cost self-funded or subsidised by the > community? If not subsidised, why not? > > THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM but a "I'm really impressed that this behind > the scenes stuff happens" comment. > > It infers a huge amount of commitment on the behalf of our dearly > beloved Council members and Steering committee members that we poor > plebs are unaware of. > > Best Regards > Nev > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/02/02 08:14am >>> > There seems to be some confusion, and a little resentment, regarding > the current Fusebox Steering Committee elections. The resentment, such > as it is, seems to arise from the fact the only Fusebox "members" are > eligible to stand for election, and to vote. > > I am not, and have never been, a member of any Fusebox council or > committee, so let me see if I can summarise without any appearance of > bias: > > � The Fusebox code and the Fusebox specification will always be > absolutely free of charge to everyone. > � The Fusebox mailing lists will always be available free of charge > to everyone. > � Support from your highly-knowledgable peers will always be > available free of charge. > � Everyone is, and will be, permitted and encouraged to participate, > free of charge, in the usual robust discussions about Fusebox and its > future directions. > � The various Fusebox councils and committees will be responsible > for making completely non-binding decisions about the future of Fusebox. > � If you wish to have a direct vote regarding who makes these > non-binding decisions about Fusebox's freely available, free-of-charge > resources, then you are required to demonstrate some minimal level of > committment by becoming a "member". > � You become a member by making a donation to the cost of communal > infrastructure. > � Your donation may be as much or as little as you choose. $1 is > permissible, as is $1,000,000, but if you want to actually help fund > infrastructure, you do at least need to donate enough to counter > PayPal's transaction fees. > � If you are unable to make such a donation, for financial or > political reasons, then you can demonstrate your committment by asking > someone else to donate on your behalf. > � Donations will not be used to pay councillors or developers for > their work, but will be used to pay for community infrastructure > (hosting, mailing lists) and other costs incurred (conference rooms, > etc). > > There are several aspects of the current and proposed administrative > structure that could be criticised. Requiring participants to > demonstrate some minimal committment before they can vote should surely > be the least controversial. > > Thanks heaps, > LeeBB > > > > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: > > This e-mail and any attachment to it is intended only to be read or > used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally > privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or > lost by any mistaken transmission to you. If you receive this e-mail in > error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the > sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if > you are not the intended recipient. 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