<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I suggest caution here.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While I understand that this statement was made in jest, please note that the Incubation Committee explicitly rejected the Benevolent Dictatorship model with one of the incubating projects.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regardless, I’m not participating in the vote, just making an observation on the initial proposal. The committee will decide as it thinks appropriate.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruce</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9 Feb 2023, at 00:14, Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" class="">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Democratic process can't be democratically bootstrapped: benevolent dictators needed :-)</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>