Thank you for all the insightful comments, and apologies to having derailed the thread in the first place.
Just on the topic of UnaMesa, I should make it clear that I talk to Greg on a regular basis, and we've discussed the plans I've mentioned below. I think of UnaMesa's primary role in relation to TiddlyWiki users being it's custody of the intellectual property of TiddlyWiki. As users, it's your lifetime guarantee that your usage of TiddlyWiki won't be disrupted by anything that I or another principal might do. UnaMesa has a broad interest in using TiddlyWiki and related technologies to improve the quality of life of people around the world. For example, see the work they've been doing recently on health education: http://healthmaterials.org/ Make sure you scroll down and click through to the individual guides. The plugin development was by Eric, and the design by Jon Lister and Josh Bradley, who also work with Dickon on the AMBIT site. I'm a keen supporter of UnaMesa, and have sat on the board at various points in its life. What I'm planning now is different and complementary, and hopefully mutually supportive. Federatial will seek to become a for profit cooperative for the core contributors of TiddlyWiki. I hope that in due course, Federatial would make grants to financially support the work of UnaMesa. Meanwhile, UnaMesa will continue its work, and continue to seek sponsorship from organisations like BT, its main current sponsor. It's possibly not a helpful analogy, but it's as if Netscape was functioning alongside Mozilla, acting as a symbiotic whole. Anyhow, as I've said, the prerequisite for any of this to happen is to build a beautiful, usable tool that people will love to use. The next thing is spreading the word, getting people to talk about it, and communicating clearly why it's better than other alternatives. That's really where the mugs and t-shirts come in; symbolic tokens of membership that act as a signal to others. Best wishes Jeremy -- http://jermolene.com http://tiddlywiki.com On 24 Feb 2012, at 20:21, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > I e-mailed one of the board today! > > ALex > > On 24 February 2012 20:05, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Alex Hough wrote: >> >>> It might be an idea to get a community proposal together for the >>> Unamesa board [1] and present it to them >>> Coming from the community, such a proposal might be seen (legitimately >>> I think) as an organizational achievement. >> >> Haven't taken time to read your entire post, yet, but wanted to comment that >> a primary responsibility, of the board of most nonprofits is to ask for >> donations. And one of the primary qualifications that nonprofits look for in >> board members is ability to support the organization financially, likely >> knowledge of other individuals who could do so, and experience that suggests >> they would be comfortable approaching other such individuals whom they do >> not know but who are believed to be good targets to ask for donations. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA >> [email protected] >> >> "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" >> >> - Mary Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
