> > > Let me be contrary: no, this is NOT the place for such a > debate. I > > > would say the place for that debate is the forums on > > > www.fixgama.org. > > > > I'm not sure this is the place for the debate, but I am > also sure that > > fixgama.org is also not the place for the debate. > > Fixgama.org is a Website that makes, as a starting point, the > > assumption that GAMA needs fixing. If you want to debate that > > specific point, I'd have to say that there are better places to > > do it. > > When Ryan last brought up these proposals, he did it on a > bunch of other industry mailing lists and in public fora on a > number of different websites. And a bunch of people > complained about the bandwidth chewed up by discussion of > things not necessarily germane to those lists, and to the > difficulty of following the debate when it was spread out > over a half-dozen different places. > > By putting up this website, Ryan's at least attempting to > deal with those two problems.
I can understand exactly why Ryan posted this on Gaming Report as Gaming Report attempts to represent news of the game industry and not just the "end user". Since many posters on this list generate their revenue from this industry that GAMA seems to represent, this is the perfect place to bring it up. My company is a corporate member of our state technology organization -- all corporate members have voting rights. There are no senior sponsors who have greater rights in the process -- companies like Intel and Microsoft don�t feel its an entitlement as compared to, say, a small 2-5 person development company, in this sort of industry organization. I read the response by Chris Weise of Holistic Design, the president of GAMA to Ryan's post. Did I miss something, or was his reply "Im sorry you feel that way, but since Im president and deeply involved in the organization I probably know more about the situation than you do." Unless Im misinterpreting, this appears to me like a group of current voting members that want to keep some sort of entitlement that elevates them above other participants in the industry. I don�t pretend to see the whole picture here, but I can understand Ryan's concern based on what Ive read so far. Thanks, Lynn _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
