sadly, i think the current debacle points to a certain lack of direction or management within WaSP’s higher echelons. despite being nominal co-lead of the WaSP ATF, i’m not an “actual” WaSP, just a task force member…so i’m not privy to any discussions that happen behind the scenes. but i have to wonder how the hell this current situation came to be in the first place.
back in early december, i put a suggestion forward to drew and kimberly, asking if it would be worth considering calling out to the community that we supposedly represent (i’m 100% with you on that), asking web developers themselves what they see as WaSP’s role today and what they think WaSP should be focusing on…sadly, despite two follow-up emails, this request simply went unanswered. to me, that’s a failure in leadership/management. there may have been good reasons for not committing to it, but a simple acknowledgment that they were thinking about the issue would have been welcome…