by Tony Jones
Well, as you might imagine, I and others were well aware that I'd take some blog-shots as a result of the announcement posted yesterday. (Some told us to turn off the comments, but that seemed counter-intuitive!) And, listen, I'm not averse to having critics. I think it's probably inevitable. As Doug Pagitt commented on the last post, even in Emergent, we are somewhat ambivalent about all this -- we are, however, committed to moving forward together.
But I do want to reemphasize that the reason we are structuring: to involve more people. We've gotten some criticism over the past couple years that some mysterious "inner circle" was making decisions. Well, the fact was that with very little structure, those of us with more time, energy, and passion for this conversation ended up, de facto, calling the shots. There was no one responsible for bringing those into leadership who wanted to be involved. Jay Voorhees is one who has been very patient -- he has offered multiple times to be involved more, which is why I ask you to carefully read his recent post for a good perspective on these devemopments. (The comments and trackbacks on this post are off so that you will comment there.)