Russell, I also care and agree with Sam in wishing it were different. PTP has provided leadership over the years on a number of issues and I still feel there is much more to be done. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the current focus of the organization is completely clear to everyone. Maybe during our voting period this year we could have an open discussion between candidates and members on where they see PTP heading. We have done this in the past but it feels like this might be valuable again.
It kind of feels like we need a unifying goal & direction in order to mobilize volunteers. Kind of like Kennedy's famous speech and the space program in the 60's. The US accomplished a quantum leap in a short period of time to get to the moon but then lost direction once we reached it. Perhaps we need a new challenge/goal? I also think the Mississippi project was a great idea and would like to see that duplicated in many other areas such as New Columbia. There are obviously some big challenges in doing this, not the least of which is overcoming apathy in the community. But if it were a small challenge, no one would take it seriously. My $.02 worth Rick Lindahl -----Original Message-----edited I care. So does every Smartphone user. So do other nonprofits or organizations who want to send a positive message about community. Connecting. Uniting. Sharing. That's why non-profit organizations exist -- to have fun while providing a community service. PTP meetings are always fun. There's always something to talk about and interesting projects to do. Scaling up the IT expertise is the tricky bit. PTP is you, Russell, and 2-3 others who do most of the work. It's the nature of community organizations. I wish it were otherwise. - Sam ----------- On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Russell Senior<[email protected]> wrote: > > Could I please get a show of hands of those who care that the Personal > Telco Project exists, anymore? Of those who are willing to help it > continue to exist? There are those who have been doing to the heavy > lifting for a number of years who wonder. The future of PTP is in the > hands of the people who care. Could that please include some of you? > Lets see some hands. > > Thanks! -- > Russell Senior, Secretary > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
