how about you start a thread that asks people what they want. obviously you want some proper spokespeople for bitcoin that have a varied opinion compared to the elite elected members of bitcoinfoundation.
so instead of starting a whole new organisation purely to get members to vote for an elite elected few spokes people. how about just ask anyone and everyone if they want to become spokes people. to show off their skills and then paste their info in the media section of this forum or even request a totally new "topc" to be made on this forum. then the whole population of this forum can see the variety themselves and grab names/videos, statements that take their fancy. and use those contacts within their own projects/ local contacts with media/own websites.
Franky,
The press center debacle is just a symptom, not the problem I am trying to solve. The bigger problem is a complete lack of accountability in the organizations that either claim or are widely seen as representing bitcoin. The press center debacle is only the latest example of that lack of accountability turning into tone-deaf decisions.
We fix the press center, and next week it is problems with the conference. Then what? We fix the conference, then it is problems with who talks to regulators (or if they should talk to regulators) and cuts "deals" for bitcoin. The week after that, one of these tone-deaf non-representatives ends up tstifying in front of Congress "on behalf of bitcoin". It will keep going on, and while some will say that this is not a problem or that they don't really represent anyone, that's not realistic.
That's why I felt the need to launch a user organization that is inclusive, transparent and much more representative. Patching the symptoms is not enough. This proposal strikes at the root of the problem - a handful of unaccountable organizations and their offshoots claiming to represent us.
this is where you are meandering in the wrong direction.
bitcoin does not need representation, such as a CEO, leader. bitcoin needs lecturers and teachers to spread the message.
i dont want management of bitcoin, i want tutors to explain bitcoin to the layman.
representatives as you say are people that say i am the head of the bitcoin community. i wield power.
spokes people as i say are people that know what they are talking about and can help others understand.
if i want someone to speak out in congress or in parliament. then i would search ouut someone in parliament that atleast understands peoples freedoms and knows of bitcoin and has a open mind and get them to be a spokesmen.. not elect them as the leader of bitcoin incorporated.
as for the offshoots of unaccountability... forgive me for saying this. but isnt that called DECENTRALISATION. we need an information source not a leadership. pure and simple. a place to come to that can truly help people to learn about bitcoin from people that truly know what bitcoin is about that can help businesses set up API access to clients programs remotely from their website hosts. that can teach people and media the true ethos of bitcoin.
not a guy that says "i am Mr Bitcoin"
instead having a listing of guys in silicon valley that are creating business and want to help other businesses, guys in new yorks wall street that truly understand finance and exchanges, guys in asia that understand manufacturing and the supplychain that can work using bitcoin. guys in every country that have their own speciality that truly understand bitcoin.
that way there's always someone in each market, in each country that any of the community can use to be a spokesperson if a media story requiring certain topics around bitcoin to be answered. or be utilised to help expand bitcoin economy into the mainstream
not 4 special elected golden children of bitcoin with business cards saying they are CEO's and represent the nation of bitcoin, as if they are presidents of bitcoin