[discussion] Foundation

2013-05-01 Thread John Crisp
You know I love to paraphrase :-) Friends, Romans, countrymen, coders, integrators, lurkers, hackers, fiddlers and sysadmins, lend me your ears :-) Sorry, but this is long. And I hope I won't have to do it again :-) However, a lot has happened, and we need to explain the story so far. 4 months a

Re: [discussion] Foundation

2013-05-01 Thread Gavin Weight
Kudos to you all getting this far! I'll digest the rest of this email tomorrow. Thanks, Gav On 1 May 2013 22:51, John Crisp wrote: > You know I love to paraphrase :-) > > Friends, Romans, countrymen, coders, integrators, lurkers, hackers, > fiddlers and sysadmins, lend me your ears :-) > > S

Re: [discussion] Fwd: Nmap Project Seeking Talented Programmers for Google Summer of Code

2013-05-01 Thread John Crisp
On 26/04/13 11:07, chris burnat wrote: > Just noticed this. > Food for thoughts. > Could SME benefits from the Google Summer of Code program? > chris > > Be great but I don't know we would get near it this year. Next year might be a better bet. B. Rgds John _

Re: [discussion] Foundation

2013-05-01 Thread Terry Fage
On 2/05/2013 7:51 AM, John Crisp wrote: > You know I love to paraphrase :-) > > Friends, Romans, countrymen, coders, integrators, lurkers, hackers, > fiddlers and sysadmins, lend me your ears :-) With an opening like that thank the gods that March has passed :-) Just now can but keep out of the

Re: [discussion] Foundation

2013-05-01 Thread chris burnat
A great achievement. There is no arguing about the facts outlined by John or indeed the decisions made by the new Board. All of the constitutional challenges outlined by John date from way back, and appear to have been tackled effectively. This now lays the foundation for renewal and above al

Re: [discussion] Foundation

2013-05-01 Thread Greg Zartman
It has been a great effort by all and the foundation for bright future for SME has been laid. There has been a desire by all involved to put the well being of the community and SME Server first and to be as transparent as possible. Initial discussions were kept under wrap given that we were discu