Re: [AD] Go Evert, go!

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On Wednesday 25 May 2005 16:19, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> Attached proposed documentation update.

+At the moment of writing this, Evert Glebbeek is the Allegro Dictator.

Heh... I actually agreed to this?
Not that I mind, I figure it sounds more impressive than it really is. I do 
think some explanation of the original intented and meaning of the 
position of `Dictator' can be beneficial. Something along the following 
lines:

``In republican Rome, political power was with the Senate and the Consuls. 
However, if it was nescessary that decisions were made very quickly then 
the senate could appoint a Dictator. The Dictator was appointed for a 
specified duration or charged with a specific task, after which he was 
expected to surrender his authority back to the Senate.''

Looks good anyway, with the comments already made by others. I do think it 
would be fair to somehow highlight past Allegro Dictators in some way. I 
think Eric deserves a great deal of credit for his work over the past few 
years. I'm not sure who and if there was a dictator between Shawn leaving 
and Eric stepping in as I didn't follow the development too closely back 
then. Was Peter a Dictator, or was he the one who would have been it if 
Eric hadn't?

On Wednesday 25 May 2005 17:05, Chris La Mantia wrote:
> Rather than removing Shawn, should this perhaps become:
> 
> -By Shawn Hargreaves and the Allegro development team.

I like this idea.

Evert




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