Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 11:45:04 +1030 From: Martin Bull <martin@ching.apana.org.au> To: branson.matheson@ferginc.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, jkh@tme.cdrom.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My resignation as president of the FreeBSD Project. Message-ID: <32FA8218.5C6F@ching.apana.org.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970206173724.12505D-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Branson Matheson wrote: > > However, I think that all groups need a head. Mabey not with the > control/responsibilities that the title "president" implies .. but > somone has to make decisions. I think that the core should consider > creating _some_ position for "the buck stops here" type of questions. I cant agree with this, I think Im basically a communist at heart and although it takes longer to make decsions, the democratic one's "feel" better because the group has ownership, not like being dictated to by a president, even if he is a benign dictator like Jordon :-) > > To " the member wannabe " I say thanks for the time you have given us > and I hope to see you remain involved with the core team for some > time to come... on the other hand your cats, and probably some woman > you have not met yet, wouldn't mind seeing you have a life again. But > wherever your consience takes you. Know that your accomplishments, > along with the rest of the core team, have effected many lives and > given us somthing with which lots of us have built careers out of and > is a part of our lives. So thank you. I couldnt have put this better, so thanks Jordon, I have been lurking for 6 months now and FreeBSD's the system for me...with its 'minor' bugs and all :-) Martin
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?32FA8218.5C6F>