In order to move forward, we absolutely need some sort of legal organization. There have been many proposals to do this but none has been organized. I propose that we sent up a 7 person interim board of directors to establish a legal organization whose sole purpose is to continue MPE beyond 2006. I propose that the board of directors be composed of the following: 2 from MPE tools vendors 2 from MPE application vendors 2 from MPE end user community 1 from HP Without a board of directors to move the organization forward, we will as a group go no where fast. There are numerous technical ways of accomplishing our goals. Most companies are looking at million dollar migration issues. I estimate that the current end user community will spend between $15 billion to $30 billion dollars (4000 users * $1million each is $4billion) to migrate. As a group that is a enormous purchasing power in the industry. As a group we can get a better solution than as individuals. So any volunteers? Terry Warns * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *