[hpsdr] Proposal

[Joe Martin K5SO]

I disagree with you that HPSDR looks like a bunch of dreamers with no  
actual plan to outsiders!!  I, myself, was an outsider only a few  
months ago and I was impressed enough to become directly involved with  
several aspects of the HPSDR project! ...so your premise about that is  
incorrect, at least in my case.

Of course HPSDR iIS a bunch of dreamers (that's to our benefit, in  
fact!!) but the current status of the overall HPSDR project with a  
fielded board set, minimal as it is, proves clearly that there is  
indeed a plan and that it is being executed successfully.  HPSDR is  
not a business, of course, so we can't, and shouldn't by any stretch  
of the imagination, be held to any particular time schedule for  
development for any given project!

At most, giving consideration to your and others' comments, a simple  
addition of a concise line or so in the STATUS portion of the present  
page for each project stating something about the current state of the  
project (updated, say, annually, or semi-annually, or so.to keep  
maintenance of the site within reason!) is all that is necessary to  
satisfy all;  not a total revamp of how the projects are listed on the  
site.

Joe K5SO


On Apr 15, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Philip Covington wrote:

>
> There is a huge difference between projects that are moving slowly and
> those that will never happen.  Having projects listed that have not
> had any activity for years just makes people dismiss the whole HPSDR
> project as dormant or dead.  Filling the page with projects to
> demonstrate the " breadth and scale" of HPSDR does nothing to instill
> confidence that those projects will ever come to fruition.
>
> I am not criticizing anyone who proposed those dormant/inactive
> projects - a few of them are mine.  If there is anything to be guilty
> of (which there is not), I am at least doubly guilty.
>
> There certainly should be a time line limit for projects!  If there is
> no activity (for over a year?), then those projects should be
> classified as dormant.  If there has been no activity EVER, then those
> projects should be removed or relocated to "proposed" status.
>
> With some delineation of active and dormant projects, those wishing to
> possibly take over or assist in moving the dormant project ideas
> forward will be able to clearly see that those projects may need help.
>
> As it is now, HPSDR looks like a bunch of dreamers to outsiders or
> newcomers with no actual plan to get all these "dream" projects
> accomplished.
>
> Phil N8VB


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