Executive recruiter will ask potential CEOs who turn down the job due to lack of time to run for positions on the board. Gets impression that membership is going to be delayed, but it shouldn't be. Don't need more committees. 1000 people have already been following this - they are the best voters. We all want to move forward.
Committees sees SOs as forum for experts, at-large for general users.
Spirit of MAC is encouraging. Concerned about implications of free membership on election process. Also, 6-7000 seems like too high a threshold given the highly technical nature of the organization. Want good and responsible members, not necessarily a lot of members. That reflects the discussions that the committee had.