Arthur Brock said:

I need some feedback from y'all.

• Should one or both of these projects withdraw? (Ted already has. And I can't decide this for them, but I'm sure they'd appreciate the feedback if that's the overwhelming opinion.)

Interesting question: what a funding recipient refuses the support?

• What would help re-focus the dialogue and impact assessment on the communities being served?

Just start discussions on what's important to you. If other people care about it, they'll probably show up. I think what's more interesting is the "I don't care" case.

• Should I feel free to posie posts/threads/workspaces?

Yes: feel free (it's a wonderful feeling!)

• Should I vote?

Um, I don't care.

• How is it that I find myself in a position of looking like I'm gaming the system to get as much funding as possible, when I didn't want to participate in it because of my concerns about this sort of thing happening?

I have never understood "gaming the system", really. It's almost like an accusation that Martin Luther King knew how to speak English -- it just doesn't make any sense to me. (does that help?)

Any words of wisdom?

I think your projects are wonderful -- even though philosophically I am more aligned to supporting the most distributed system on the Internet: the DNS. Any centralization seems contrary to the way the Internet is supposed to work. (I think Barlow said that)

I'll let you be in my dream if you let me be in yours. (I think Bob Dylan said that)

;D nmw