I think that what Carl and Terry have each contributed makes
a lot of sense. Having spent much of my life involved in small
organizations, I have seen the process Carl describes repeat
itself numerous times. Also, Terry's more specific information
seems very reasonable, and I only regret that it did not
accompany the original announcement. In any event, WSN does open
the possibility of broadening discussions to include people
unable to be at conferences, much as Carl has suggested. The
process could still be opened somehow this way.
But regardless of process issues, it should be clear from my
previous post that I have no objection to the application of W-S
Theory to the issues about our collective future--on the contrary,
I support it. I just think questions about the GLOBAL environment
are among the most vital of those issues.
Peter Grimes
Johns Hopkins