Lawrence Meckan

Melbourne, Australia

Designer, usability analyst

Michael,

As one of the ex-3PD Standards & Guidelines team shown the door by Mambo management, the dual natured role of Mambo Communities Pty Ltd, run by Miro itself, and the Board you have just joined, I ask what benefit does the current board have in it's makeup and direction for Mambo.

I have suggested to your new PR team leader that if Miro wanted to truly step away from controlling Mambo, it had the means to do so through outsourcing the management of the domains to a truly independent third party. This wasn't done, and it has been Mambo Communities, which Miro Pty Ltd, has ownership of, that has resulted in numerous developers being shut out and censored, of which I remain one.

Whilst your skills and experience within the Mambo open source area has been beneficial with Remository, nobody from the Board, through the new Core, to the PR team or general discussion on the various Mambo related forums can give me a straight answer as to how the actions of the current Board and direction that has been taken are are in any way beneficial to those who frequent the forums.

And the last thing you need is yet another subtle rule change between your agreement with the Foundation and the rules that are at play on the forums where you support Mambo.