Thanks Chris!  Good luck with all your development efforts.  It's a
challenging world out there right now.

Doug



At 11:20 AM 2/14/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Doug,
>
>I would not presume to speak for John Marrah, but in our discussions for
>leaving, the reasons were similar.  At the time we chose to leave, both
>our companies had decided that we could not devote resources to
>supporting a migration effort and a continued 3000 effort at the same
>time.  While our companies would still support our customers as long as
>they chose to remain on the 3000, our future R&D were only going to be
>on moving to other platforms.  We both felt that that position
>compromised our board membership, since Open MPE is geared to find ways
>to keep the 3000 a viable platform (or at least extend it's life).
> Neither of us disagreed with Open MPE or it's goals, we just felt that
>it would be better served by board members who were more focused on
>emulators, extended support, release of documentation, etc.  I
>personally have the utmost respect for the other board members and
>believe that they have done an exemplary job to this point, as there
>will most certainly be many companies in need of their services in a few
>years.  I may even recommend them to my existing customers who are not
>ready to move to another platform at HP end-of-life date, but felt it
>best to resign to focus on my companies migration project.
>
>Chris Miller
>Genesis Total Solutions, Inc.
>
>Doug Greenup wrote:
>
>>I had not heard they resigned.  Was this ever made public to this list?
>>Why did they leave?  Lack of time?  Not compatible with the other board
>>members?  Lost cause?
>>
>>Thanks for the insight.
>>
>>Doug Greenup
>>Minisoft, Inc.
>>
>>At 11:18 AM 2/14/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>       As many of you already know, we have two open board positions
>>>
>>>
>>since John
>>
>>
>>>Marrah and Chris Miller resigned last fall.  It is up to the discretion of
>>>the remaining board members to select replacements for these two open
seats.
>>>However, since this is a community control organization we would like to
>>>have some discussion and feedback about who you might like to see in these
>>>two open seats.
>>>
>>>       So, can we have some suggestions from the community and reason why
>>>
>>>
>>you feel
>>
>>
>>>these people might make good board members?  After about a week or two of
>>>discussion we will take the suggestions under advisement and contact
>>>potential candidates to see if they would be willing to take on this role.
>>>Depending on the timing of the selection, there may be references in future
>>>meeting minutes, but the official announcement will be at the Annual
OpenMPE
>>>Membership meeting that will be held at the East Coast Solution
Symposium in
>>>March (and then reflected in a session at the West Coast Solution
>>>Symposium).
>>>
>>>Thanx,
>>> Jonathan (Jon) M. Backus, MPE-CSM ~ Chairman
>>> OpenMPE ~ 15 Catawba Place ~ Hagerstown, MD ~ 21742-6515
>>> Email: [log in to unmask] ~ AIM: JMBackus
>>> Vmail: 301.988.0614 ~ Fmail: 301.714.1854
>>> Web: www.OpenMPE.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
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