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Dave,
 
Excellent comments.  I too have been concerned about the charter for MADA and
whole-heartedly agree with you that "Macintosh" should be retained in the name
and the emphasis continue to be on the Macintosh platform.  This does not mean
that we cannot also consider and discuss other platforms--indeed, it is
probably in our interest to foster the cross-platform discussions but not at
the exclusion of the Macintosh.
 
So I'd like to submit the name "Macintosh Advanced Developers Association" for
our organization.
 
As I said in my campaign statement I believe that MADA has the responsibility
to advocate our needs with the various hardware and software manufacturers:
specifically Apple.  We do need to keep MacApp alive until we find suitable
alternatives.  We do need to provide transistion assistance to our members when
those alternatives become viable.
 
If MADA doesn't retain its focus on Macintosh then we might as well just
subscribe to JOOP, SCOOP, C++ Journal, etc. and attend their conferences.
 
Mike R.