Re: Project status

Eric Anderson <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:04:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.bsd.advocacy
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Joshua Steele wrote:
>>Hmm...  Okay, would you be willing to give it another shot?
> 
> 
> It all depends on how much work I see the project is getting completed. 
> The first time I had high hopes of getting this thing going, and everyone
> disappeared, except a select few, and no work was able to be done.  I am
> not doing that again...nor am I having any high expectations (or any
> expectations at all?) from the project.  If things start coming together
> again, I will have no argument in using the domain...right now I have a
> temp. site on the domain, and several individuals using the domain
> frequently...which is not a problem, but I am not going to shoot the
> domain at eric's server, or have eric shoot his domain at my server, etc.
> until things start coming together, and there is an actual need for the
> domain.
> 
> I think if we are going to proceed further, we first need to dump this
> CORE bullshit for the time being, and just let the people who have the
> time/energy to help with a certain task, help.  Its fine to say "person A
> is in charge of this", etc. But it makes no sense delegating a task like
> web design to person A (not flaming anyone, just an example) when person A
> doesn't have the time/energy to complete the web design task in a timely
> manner...its like a vehicle assembly line...you can't have 10 people
> assembling the vehicles together at the start of the assembly line, if the
> painters aren't able to paint the vehicles at end of the assembly line. 
> Eventually all you have is chaos, and no productivity results from chaos.

Wow.. you sound a bit irritated.. Please send me your username, and I'll 
get with you on passwords and such.. You'll be going in no time..

I agree with you mostly, but if you were really anxious to get started 
on it, why didn't you email me asking for a login?

Oh well, no worries, let's just focus on the tasks at hand.  Stacy - do 
you still have the todo list?

Eric


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