[vacets-gen] VACETS or NO VACETS

[Tri Tran]

Dear all

I am still struggled with VACETS vision and future activities and 
find it harder and harder to answer to myself and a handful of 
dedicated (non-VACETS member) individuals who want to help rebuild 
VACETS. During this important Board election process, the dead 
silence response from VACETS general population and unenthused 
reaction from VACETS veterans do not help. The hard work ahead is 
equivalent to starting VACETS anew and am not ready to dive into that 
and invest mine and asking the time of several others without having 
a vision and a belief in its future survival.

Rather than ducking the inevitable and nurturing false hope, let me 
ask THE HARD QUESTION:

WHAT IS VACETS? IS THIS TIME TO SHUT IT DOWN AND MOVE ON?

ACTION ITEM:

I am meeting with a number of friends and I am inviting all, 
especially VACETS supporters in the Bay Area to a meeting to talk 
about this.

Time: 6-8 pm Wednesday 8/10
Place: Cisco Systems Inc., Building 23
            560 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035

There will be a conference call option set up for you to call in 
between 6 and 7 pm for those die-hard VACETS members to call in to 
say a few words.

My recommendation is to ask ourselves as to how much we truly can 
help and be realistic. Many motivated and resourceful VACETS leaders 
with strong support team have come and go!. It is very hard to 
galvanize a busy and ambitious technical communities!

Sincerely,

Tri
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