Mar 13, 2009 GATE Editor

Hello all

I strongly considered calling this the “LATEPost” considering it is actually March 15^th as I write this (and now March 16^th as I finish it). I feel these updates are useful and they are a part of a marketing campaign on Facebook where I intend to document the creation of this corporation in near-real time. By posting regular updates on Facebook I hope to be able to point backwards at the content and use it ... my business training tells me that this is dangerous in that I might be caught or called out as a hypocrite, liar or what-have-you when the corporation is “forced” to do something outside its philosophy. It is a risk, for sure, but such is the price of transparency I think. People make mistakes and therefore corporations make mistakes because, thankfully, corporations are run by people. The benefits of transparency far outweigh potential negative aspects, we've allowed corporations to be run by people and with rules that do not really acknowledge that reality. In any case, while I won't be giving away any intellectual property, I will try to document the trials and tribulations of the creation of what I know will be a great corporation.

But this is not the place to ponder on that campaign, or indeed to pontificate on very much at all, it is intended as a conduit of information about GATE. And to that end, it has been another very busy week.