[Responding to two similar assertions at once.]

William L. Thompson Jr wrote:
> Furthermore that you are contacting our foundation members privately
> and subverting any sort of public inquiry to them. Which might be
> subject to comments from developers and users. I kinda find disturbing.
> I thought the idea was more transparency not less.

Richard Freeman wrote:
> If trying to convince developers of the rightness of your cause isn't
> worth your time, and you'd simply prefer to dictate a course, I suspect
> that not much will come of your offer.  Sure, it could be put to a vote,
> but I doubt that will turn out in favor of the role you desire.  And
> legally nothing can happen quickly - in order for a vote to occur there
> has to be notice/etc - this is a legal corporation and you can't just
> set up a forum poll to make a decision.

Hello,

First off, let me say that I too would definitely love to see Mr.
Robbins participate in the discussion here.

But I don't think that implying that he's trying to do this secretly
doesn't really seem appropriate, in my personal opinion. While only
barely qualifying as a two-way street due to the ability to comments,
his blog still expresses his sentiments openly.

Also, he's not trying to keep this mailing list a secret. I actually
joined this list because I saw his suggestion to do so on his blog,
and I'm sure that many others joined it because they heard about it
from him.

So again, I'm merely trying to say that I don't think it's fair to
make insinuations that he is trying to avoid doing this stuff openly,
but I definitely agree with you both that it would be wonderful if
he'd participate on these lists. If we could get all the bazillions of
people leaving comments on his blog to join here too, that'd also be
swell, but I definitely think that Mr. Robbins should be at the center
of the discussion on this list. :)

Sincerely,
Square Bottle
www.visualflavor.org
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