Re: latest draft of charter

[Bart Decrem <bart eazel com>]

Hi Telsa,

Here's the answer to the question that's been burning on our minds for so long
now: who the hell is Emperor Maximilian?

    Maximilian, emperor of Mexico
    1832-67, emperor of Mexico (1864-67). An Austrian
    archduke, he was escorted (1864) to MEXICO by French
    soldiers to establish an empire for NAPOLEON III, but the
    Mexicans were hostile to him and loyal to Pres. JUáREZ.
    Although the French drove Juárez's army from the capital,
    the empire disintegrated when French troops withdrew
    (1866-67). Maximilian's wife, Carlotta (1840-1927), went
    to Europe seeking help from Napoleon III. Her pleas were
    in vain, and Maximilian was captured and executed.

Thanks for your edit suggestions.  They all make sense to me and I've
incorporated them.

Bart


Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:44:42PM -0700 or thereabouts, Bart Decrem wrote:
>
> Woo. I just found my comments for the last one languishing unsent in
> my 'postponed' folder. That was clever. Oh well. I think people
> commented on everything I spotted already.
>
> > hackers who are contributing to GNOME has more than doubled.  The number
> > of hackers who are paid full-time to work on GNOME has grown from 5 to
>
> Perhaps "who are paid to work full-time on GNOME"?
>
> > I.  Principles of the GNOME Foundation
> >
> > The foundation should not be exclusionary or elitist. Every GNOME
> > contributor, however small his contribution, must have the opportunity
> > to participate in determining the direction and actions of the project.
>
> You're going to hate me. I'd be much happier to see "however small his/her
> contribution", or "however small his or her contribution". Yes, for some
> of us it matters.
>
> > show us the code (or documentation, or translations, or leadership, or
> > webmastering...).
>
> (But I won't ask for webmistressing; I'm not quite that picky :))
>
> > not. Such an entity would likely be ignored, and words like "fork" would
> > be thrown around. Think: Emperor Maximilian.
>
> I still don't know who this was: either my classical history is even
> worse than I thought, or Google's continual hits on the history of
> Mexico explain why no-one I've asked locally has heard of him. They
> don't teach Mexican history here :)
>
> > GNOME. These outsiders will make donations to the project, which will be
> > disbursed by the board, under the advisement of the membership.
>
> Is there a difference between 'advice' and 'advisement'? The latter is
> not a word I know: it looks like either a buzzword or a terribly legal
> jargon term!
>
> From the Changelog:
> > Build on What we have:
> > - Deleted: "Think: Emperor Maximilian".  Reason: obscure and
> > unnecessary.
>
> It's still there!
>
> Thanks very much for all the work you've put into this. I've said
> little before now because everyone else beat me to it (oh, and
> because I thought I'd sent comments before, but it appears I
> don't know the difference between 'postpone' and 'send' in my
> mailer. Ahem).
>
> Telsa (who still thinks LWE is a silly show to announce at, but
> oh well :))