[Textop] Constructing workgroup lists

[Larry Sanger]

All,

I'm amazed at the amount of mail I've received over the last few months
about Textop, and from some very impressive people.  Based on these many
mails, we (i.e., I and a trusted volunteer...thanks) are now
constructing a private, not-to-be-publicized list of people
**preliminarily** sorted into these groups:

Collation Project 
Analytical Dictionary Project 
Debate Guide Project 
Event Summary Project 
Software Development Workgroup 
Website and Design Workgroup 
Innovation Workgroup 
Recruitment Workgroup 
Finance Workgroup 
Charter Workgroup

If you have sent me much e-mail that evinces your interests, we will
*tentatively* put your name under the appropriate heading.  NOTE: if you
haven't been in touch with me about how you want to get involved, or if
you think it isn't obvious, now's the time.

After constructing a draft of the lists, we'll contact everyone who's on
the lists and get their explicit permission to continue to use their
name on the lists.  Your name on the lists won't require that you *do*
anything; it will merely be your declaration that you're *interested* in
helping with the area in question.

When the lists are finalized, then we'll see what the next step should
be: recruiting more rank-and-file members, or recruiting directors, or
what.  Ultimately, I hope the workgroup lists will be able to be used to
recruit and motivate directors, by demonstrating a quorum.  It will also
help us with more general recruitment: we can tell the world (quite
truthfully), "We've got a growing group of excellent people interested
in building Textop.  Here are some numbers...  Come join them!"

BTW, to about the half-dozen most active Textop members like Howard and
Philippe, of course I'll be contacting you individually.

--Larry