Pedro, although I'm happy to see some action and some liveness coming from Lisbon, I honestly believe that you're taking the wrong approach here...
Reading you stating that APPU works in a closed way just doesn't make sense and it's actually not true at all, especially if one considers that APPU it's according to the portuguese law, a civil association and open to anyone who wants to join in as member as stated on it's website. It's also very sad to read here by your own letters that it survives at the expense of a very close circuit, which has not only being growing, but it has only grown by the efforts of its members to actually promote the subject of user interaction and usability in national and international terms. I personally think you're being most unfair here... Second, it's a fact that Bruno isn't currently working in Portugal, which put him more or less on/off phisically, the truth is that he has been always virtually present in Portugal even when is not here in person. But APPU isn't Bruno alone so you can always address any of the other public members of the association. I'm certain that as a member of association you've certainly received several emails and invitations to all the APPU promoted actions. Being one of the founding members, I'm really sad to see that instead of joining forces with APPU you've decided to measure forces and directly attack the work of others, that like yourself are only claiming more work/awareness and action around interaction design in Lisbon/Portugal. I do sincerely hope that you might come to your senses and realize that the best way is definitely by joining forces and not the other way around... at least I'm a strong believer that together we can make a difference and not the other way around. Feel free to drop me a line and we'll meet to talk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23374 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
