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Over the past several months there has grown to be a great deal of dissention among the membership of XOOPS.org. There have been petty fights, there have been forks, and there have been members loosing their cool over relatively minor things (including myself).
I’m not going to waste my time or yours with all the nit picky details of what’s been going on. If you are a regular here, you know what’s been going on, you’ve seen it too. Instead, I would like to jump straight to the heart of the matter. If we, as XOOPS members do not band together as a community, for the benefit of XOOPS as a whole, XOOPS will eventually perish.
As we’ve all seen, users, contributors, and even developers (including Core Team Members) all come and go. In the past few months, members who we never thought we would see leave, have left. On the flip side, we’ve seen a steady growth in new members coming to XOOPS. The point is, when the sun goes down at night, the true backbone of XOOPS is the community, not the Core Team, not Community Support Members, not the Friends of XOOPS, etc…
This is not meant to disrespect any member of XOOPS, especially the members of the Core Team. I would hope that the Core Team members, of all people, will understand what it is I’m saying. That being, without the community, there is no XOOPS.
What I propose is that each member of the community take a long hard look at your contribution to XOOPS. XOOPS is YOUR CMS after all is said in done.
Ask yourself:
Have I contributed to XOOPS in a positive way in the last week by doing any of the following...
Providing help to a fellow user?
Providing, polite, constructive feedback to the community?
Donating time to help maintain the XOOPS.org site?
Developing a Theme or Module for XOOPS?
Submitting a bug report to help improve XOOPS?
Actively promoting XOOPS at other web design related sites?
Financially supporting XOOPS with at least a small donation?
Take the Challenge!
From this day forward, don’t look at XOOPS as just the Core Team’s responsibility, because it is NOT. XOOPS is the responsibility of ALL of US.
After all, isn’t that what Open Source is all about? Software for the community, developed by the community, supported by the community, distributed by the community, and marketed by the community.
WE ARE THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE XOOPS. It’s about high time WE took responsibility for OUR CMS. Stop blaming the Core Team, the Developers, the Support Members, or anyone else around here. Take responsibility!
I leave you with this quote...
“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”
Best Regards,
James Morris
Insanity can be defined as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
Stupidity is not a crime. Therefore, you are free to go.
