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  Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
Per the newly adopted LDraw.org Bylaws, Subsection 6.03(a), I hereby call for the community to nominate individuals for the upcoming Steering Committee vote. Please post nominations in response to this message. Nominations will be only be recognized (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !! 
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Steve Bliss. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Tim Courtney. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Orion Pobursky. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Chris Dee. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Ahui Herrera. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Lars C. Hassing. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Don Heyse. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
Not sure if it was intended for individuals to nominate a bunch of people, but I don't think it said not to. I used a separate message for each to avoid any possible confusion in replies. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Larry Pieniazek, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Larry Pieniazek, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Larry Pieniazek, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Franklin W. Cain, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Tim Courtney, nominate Larry Pieniazek. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, second this nomination (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, second this nominatation (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, second this nominatation (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I don't see an issue. Thanks for the nomination! -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Franklin W. Cain, nominate Jacob Sparre Andersen. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Franklin W. Cain, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Willy Tschager -Orion (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I accept the nomination. Thanks. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Franklin W. Cain, nominate Tore Eriksson. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Gregory J Overkamp, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thanks, Tim and Franklin. I accept this nomination. I plan to post a backgrounder and position statement but will do so in a separate thread. (Not necessarily trying to start a big debate on myself or on each candidate but I do think it's (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Gregory J Overkamp, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, René Hoffmeister, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Jeroen de Haan, nominate Larry Pieniazek (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thanks Travis and Larry. I accept this nomination. Chris (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I feel honered to be nominated and think about seriously. I'll postpone my decision to a later date. w. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager, nominate Travis Cobbs. w. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager, nominate Michael Lachmann. w. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager, nominate Bernd Broich. w. (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thank guys. I accept this nomination. -Orion (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Carsten Schmitz, second this nomination. Carsten (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, René Hoffmeister, second this nomination. PeBe rulez! (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, William R. Ward, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thank you Travis and Orion. I accept your nomination -AHui LDraw Help Desk (URL) A&M LWorks (URL) A&M Productions (URL) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thanks for the nod, Travis and Franklin. I, Steve Bliss, accept this nomination. Steve (20 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thank you, guys. I'm really flattered. I accept the nomination. /Tore (20 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Also, I would like to add, in the interest of full public disclosure according to Bylaws Subsection 6.02(a), that I am a part-time employee of the LEGO Company, currently holding a retail associate position, as I continue to work on my college (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Orion, Renè, many thx. I accept the nomination. w. (20 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I thank you both for the nomination. However, due to constraints on my time, I'm going to have to respectfully decline. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Thank you for the confidence. However, I'm already pretty hung up with other projects so I'm afraid I can not afford the time needed to fulfil such a position. I'm going to have to respectfully decline. /Lars (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Uh oh, I forgot about this. Thanks for the nomination, but I'm gonna have to decline. I don't think I have enough time to handle the responsibilities. Besides, you probably don't want me right now. With the color change and all, I've been much (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I Don Heyse, nominate Kevin L. Clague. (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
I Don Heyse nominate Anders Isaksson. (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Mike Thorn, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I accept my nomination as a LDraw.org Steering Committee candidate. Jacob (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I support this nomination. Jacob (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I have been reminded that this is not the proper expression [1], so I try again: I second this nomination. Jacob [1] Hi Larry. :-) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Kevin Clague, accept this nomination. (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Hi Willy, hi René, after a month I found out that I you nominated me as a candidate for the LSC. In the moment I have to decline this nomination. I'm not able to do the job of a committee member. But thank's for the faith in me. CU Bernd (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
Larry pointed out a spelling error in my last attempt at this nomination so I'll try again. Also, I'm cross posting to the Mac subgroup so maybe this'll be seen by the interested parties. Anyhow... I Don Heyse nominate Andrew Allan. (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, James Reynolds, second this nomination. James (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Anders Isaksson, accept this nomination. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) After careful consideration of this offer, I Andrew Allan accept the nomination (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
As we get nearer to the election, I wanted to post my thoughts on what I think the steering committee should look like. We're electing the SC to lead the LDraw organization. To codify it, define what it really is, and how it works. In the past we (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) didn't (...) I don't disagree with the names you suggested, what I don't really understand is why it would be a Good Thing for a candidate not to inform about his/her intentions (or lack thereof)? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
Hi Dan - Thanks for posting your thoughts. Please see mine interspersed. (...) I (...) these (...) a (...) to (...) organization, (...) Good summation. I agree, it is important people realize the trust they are putting into these elected (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Um, I feel a bit foolish, but since Andrew brought it up I guess I should ask. Are there really two different LSCs, a Steering Committee and a Standards Committee? If so, what's the difference? I must've missed that somewhere. Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Yes. Unfortunately, the acronym can cause confusion. We should fix that by clearly defining acronyms for each. There is the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) - elected last July and charged with adopting standards and publishing spec (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) Here's the clarification: The LDraw.org Steering Committee (StC) is the controlling group for LDraw as an organization. The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) is charged with maintaining and expanding the LDraw file format. - Orion (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
 
(...) The LDraw Standards Committee, or LSC, is a special committee, recognised by the bylaws as a special sort of SIG with special processes, that is in charge of developing, codifying, and fostering the growth of the file, naming, coding and other (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
(...) I agree - while I have a preference for open-sourced programs, it's the licensing of the library that I'm more concerned about. ... (...) I'm surprised (no, actually amazed) that you do not have Steve Bliss on that list. To paraphrase Larry, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
(...) I agree that the library license is important, and I have stated(1) that it's going to be a primary focus of mine to get a good license structure in place for *all* the components that go into making up the LDraw System. But I think it is (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !! 
 
  Re: Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote: <snip> (...) Excluding comments about myself..... After much consideration of the chemistry of the board you recommend, and much soul searching, I agree with your recommendation for the Steering (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
(...) snip ... (...) Thanks, Larry, for your support. I agree 100% with your post. I snipped and quoted summary text for easy reading; I also agree with his reasoning which I trimmed, but can be read in his original message. Again, I reiterate: (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Steering Committee Recommendations (was: Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org ...)
 
Although that I haven't contributed to the creation of elements in the parts lib or developed any tools that have seen the light of day, I have certainly used them! And from a "power user" point of view it is imperative that new tools development is (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) ! 

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