I am saving my vote, untill I hear a response from the potential canidates.

No response, no vote.

These are very important topics, thanks John.

-Craig


--- John Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It must be difficult for OpenMPE members to vote in the Board of Director's
> election since most of the candidates have been notably quiet.
>
> Therefore, I call on all candidates to publicly take a position (or at least
> make a statement) on the following subjects:
>
> 1. Retiring Board member Ken Sletten's minority report of 12/21/03:
>  (http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0312&L=openmpe&F=&S=&P=2455 )
> and the Board's action censoring him for going public.
>
> 2. HP's failure to meet its own privately communicated plan to "provide a
> communication timeline to the OpenMPE Board by January 31, 2004" as
> indicated in the Mike Paivenen letter to the OpenMPE Board dated 10/31/03.
>
> 3. HP's failure to make good on one of its few public promises related to
> OpenMPE, made in this forum on 2/10/04 to "provide an update to the entire
> e3000 community, which should happen by the end of the month".
>
> 4. HP's comments (Dave Wilde) as reported in the "Users Lobby for MPE
> Support" article appearing in the March 22 issue of Computerworld:
> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,91451,00.html
>
> 5. Your position on the past relationship between OpenMPE and HP and, if you
> think it can be improved, how you see the relationship going forward.
>
> 6. The key issues facing OpenMPE in the next 12 months.
>
>
> I have written on most of the issues before, but will collect my thoughts
> and in a separate post, answer my own challenges. I would also be happy to
> respond to any other issues the membership deems important in making a
> decision on who will fill the 5 open seats on the 9 member Board.
>
> John Burke
> Candidate for OpenMPE Board of Directors
> Burke Consulting
> Tel: 916-987-0265
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]


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