Dear all My opinion is different than Trebor's. I would suggest with create a tight core of people with a consensual agreemente to make decisions. Ideally we should ask for a grant to carry this work more properly. A team should be build with strong ties among themselves that would lead the work forward. My experience is that loosely formed groups tend to wander with no direction. The worst is when a newcomer arrives and feel he or she could lead and make decisions since there was no structure presented to him/her. When there is a structure working newcomers actually feel better, they sense they have a place and a function. Greetings from São Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: trebor@thing.net To: edu@bbs.thing.net Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: [mapping] Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all,
SubmaP is fine with me also.
I translated the Portguese posts with Google- it works quite well.
As for the decision of who joins I wonder if it's necessary to limit it.
We could have a large discussion group and I think the people who dedicate themselves to actually build it will be limited anyway.
I would include all who are interested in developing this.
Can we agree on a time plan-- to list who will do what and in which time frame...
best, Trebor
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