Keith,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions.

I wasn't aware that there was a lawsuit involved. This does seem, as you
say, "unusual" to say the least and for you to have to involve your own
funds seems just wrong.

It's a shame that this previous board member deems it necessary to try to
destroy everything that some people have spent so long trying to build. This
doesn't seem to conform to the great spirit of support and assistance that
the HP3000 community is renowned for.

In that case, I will certainly try and be patient and understanding and I
wish you all a speedy and satisfactory resolution to these problems.

Cheers,

John Dunlop



On 12 January 2011 10:32, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Hello John,
>
> You have asked good and timely questions.  When I joined the OpenMPE board
> in March of 2010 I too felt it needed to be more open.  As it has turned
> out, we have remained closed as it would seem to develop go forward plans
> for 2011.  Unfortunately this strictly volunteer board has faced and is
> facing some very unusual problems, including being defendants in legal
> action brought against the board by a former board member.  As we are
> volunteers we are having to respond to this matter on our own and with our
> own funds.  Once this matter is resolved the OpenMPE board will certainly
> share what has occurred and what is planned for the future. Until then, we
> asked for everyone's patience and understanding.
>
> Currently the board is comprised of six members.  Alphabetically, Jack
> Connor, Birket Foster, Tracy Johnson, Tony Tibbenham, Alan Tibbetts and
> myself, Keith Wadsworth.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Keith Wadsworth
>
>
>
>   -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OpenMPE?
> From: John Dunlop <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, January 12, 2011 3:24 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Can anyone explain exactly what is happening with the OpenMPE organization,
> please?
>
> It appears that the website became unavailable which was the result of
> someone changing the DNS entry for the domain to point to hp.com instead.
>
> Ron Seybold reported that Matt Perdue had been dismissed from the Board of
> Directors and it was suspected that the change of domain was his doing as
> he
> was listed as the owner of the domain. Now it appears that Donna Hofmeister
> is no longer on the Board either.
>
> The only thing that has been announced is by Tracy Johnson about Invent3k
> having more content and that the old website pages are reachable through a
> link from that site.
>
> However, when you go to the site, the only "News" is from 2004 and apart
> from some info about the subscription to Invent3k, the results of the last
> election in March 2010.
>
> So how "Open" is OpenMPE? Why hasn't anyone taken the time to explain what
> has been going on and how OpenMPE intends to proceed in the future?
>
> Has it all come down to just providing some document storage for old HP3000
> documents (which you can't even download) ?
>
> Please can whoever is left with the remains of OpenMPE in his or her hands
> issue a statement clarifying the future of OpenMPE, what are its goals,
> resources and aspirations. It would also be good to know who is actually
> left on the Board of Directors..
>
> Thank you.
>
> John Dunlop
>
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