Aki, Sorry don't take me wrong at all - I wasn't hinting anything of the sort. I myself have put ideas out there which haven't taken root. I was just saying that it will need someone to take up that idea and do something with it - and one of the reasons of this community is to find those someones who can take up such. It's difficult in my own experience - but it's happened before a few times. Sorry for any misunderstanding ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "aki" <aki275@googlemail.com> To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:16:23 AM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Skunks just more than a mailing list and internet contacts? The debate/discussion is here Hi @Riyaz, actually there is a lot I could discuss with your points but glad to know that many on this list think that the threads posted by some of us were mere gestures. Unfortunately I belong to the school thought on collective responsibilty and thus I can now see why the threads had no responses. Going by your description of the what it takes to get BarCamp going, whooaa...Oh dear. Yes work hard at an idea, develop it well, put in all the late hours and make sure it goes well, commitment no problems there. But to expect me to bring the idea on a silver plate......sorry. My collective responsibility thinking would just not allow it. Ushaidi is the typical example of personality success and that is why Alex and others who have established identities are able to pull what they can. This is one of the biggest problems facing millions of ideas out there. They are not taking off as people will mostly associate themselves with identities. The success of all events in skunks is also driven by this thinking, I believe am going to stick with what I said earlier and do stress that this is not a problem. It would also be a nightmare if all ideas had to be backed by the founders, too much to handle. I think the idea of Skunks as a community is a good one and has worked out well, given many a platform to share views and exchange ideas without any strings attached. :-) _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general