Mark, with all due respect - it's donna.  8-)

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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OpenMPE Minutes for October 9th.

Donna,

Thank you very much for setting the record straight. At least now we
can squabble and b**ch over the facts, not mythology and legend. :)


On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM, donna hofmeister <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I'm starting to lose track of how many people have come to me in the
last
> few days whining about "the board signing the cda/nda".
>
> in 2004 (go check the minute archives) hp was pressuring the board to
sign
> an nda, essentially saying sign or we won't talk to you.  you can
easily see
> in the archives where the board DID approve the WORDING of the nda
(after
> extensive negociations with hp) but NO WHERE will you see that the
board
> SIGNED an nda.
>
> because IT DID NOT HAPPEN!
>
> additionally, http://www.openmpe.org/minutes/Minutes20051215.htm
clearly
> shows that hp relented.
>
> hp and the board have operated all these years under a 'gentlepersons'
> understanding that our conversations are private.  it's been this
> understanding that fostered an atmosphere of trust for hp, showing
that
> openmpe was/is/and remains serious about our quest to preserve mpe's
future.
>
> no one is more frustrated than the board about how long this process
has
> taken.  but I'll dare to say that it has only been openmpe's board
that's
> had the dogged determination to 'keep after hp' regarding mpe.  when
anyone
> else can show that they've continuously worked for hp for one purpose,
then
> maybe the nay-saying and otherwise faithless support of openmpe will
be
> justified.
>
>      - d 'speaking for myself and not the board'
>


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