-list discussion and decision-making
&gt;bodies with which this ostensibly "open" forum has now
&gt;saddled itself, I guess that I might as well go ahead
&gt;and toss my tuppence worth into the pot, as it were.
&gt;
&gt;I would like to try and make at least one thing clear right here
&gt;at the beginning, so that nobody takes any of this too personally
&gt;or too pointedly, namely, that most of what I have to say is not
&gt;specific to KIF, not by any means, but would apply equally well
&gt;to that whole tr