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. :-)