Sorry Aitch but the word you want is "quorate"Aitch wrote:The other problem with 'meeting here' threads, is no-one knows what 'chorate' means
[minimum number of who's in attendance, for those who don't know]
Aitch
where a 'quorum' isThe Compact Oxford Dictionary wrote:quorate
• adjective Brit. (of a meeting) attended by a quorum.
I agree with your sentiment actually, which is why I think that Lobster's early suggestion that we move in small steps is valuable. It would help establish a methodology where what works is retained, what fails is dropped, and the in-between is refined. We can think bigger thoughts later when a working model is established.The Compact Oxford Dictionary wrote:quorum
• noun (pl. quorums) the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at a meeting to make the proceedings valid.
See http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/quorum?view=uk
The thing to avoid is ego and hubris and rushing into things.
The Open Source world seems to be made up of a strange mixture of open-handed and hearted generosity combined with messianic certainty in the rightness of one's own opinion and the obligation to shove it in the face of anyone who asks - and many that don't.
But Barry is different. One of the most astonishing things about him is just how humble and ego-free he has been.
We will make most progress if we acknowledge straight away that if we see further it's only because we stand on giant's shoulders. And if the mighty Newton believed that then we (who, let's face it, have much to be modest about) should adopt it as our motto forthwith.
