I can see things beginning to get complicated in the Kingdom of Foxx, and need to rant a bit to help me get my thoughts and position sorted.
For the last three years or so I have been doing much painstaking research into the career of this Quiet Man and worked my way up from humble but dedicated to fan to seriously actually-though-I-can't-quite-believe-it knowledgeable archivist and holder of one of the most comprehensive collections of bootleg recordings, interviews and general stuff that there is.
Sounds weird,a nd hopefully not too arrogant, but that's the way of it.
A couple of years ago I think, I started conversations with and offering support and information to Ris, leading to the start of what is becoming a close and fulfilling friendship. His enthusiasm for the official site has waned for many reasons, and it feels good to have been able to re-kindle the passion and get so many things moving again.
But they are actually moving painfully slowly.
None of the copious snippets of info (gigs, setlists, support acts, reviews, interviews etc) that I have provided have yet managed to appear on the site, and this is becomng very frustrating.
Not necessarily to me from a personal point of view, but more generally because I really believe the site is the definitive resource for all things Foxx and so should be accurate, comprehensive, vibrant and up to date.
It is sadly true that I no longer believe it is any of these things, and as such is letting the fans down.

So inevitably, (though they do not know how much stuff is NOT on the site, only seeing it sitting dormant) they will vote with their feet. Hence, last year closed with the arrival of a site at myspace run by Malins the manager, and a fansite called 'quiet city' run by another fan.
It is this latter site that is now really taking off and carries a couple of exclusive interviews (with Louis and now Malins) as well as being attractive, appropriate and easy to use.
Metamatic the website was put together over ten years ago and is dated in terms of its design and navigation, not to mention content. It is unwieldy and hard work to update - another reason why so little of my data has been posted.
Not surprisingly some items of Breaking News have recently been given to QC rather than the 'official' site - which can only make matters worse.

What I want to see is ALL of us, webmasters, archivists, fans, and management working TOGETHER to produce something that accommodates the great strength of all these individual websites, rather than the fragmented path we seem to be following. It seems to me that the three others involved are all a little too precious about their own work and not necessarily thinking of collaboration.
But what to do?
How do I play this?
No-one really knows of my personal involvement with and relationship with Ris because I have remained 'out of it' on purpose, and the last thing I want to do is upset him, so I need to put my argument tactfully.
I phoned him tonight and his apathy was almost annoying.

This approach seems to becoming typical of the way I look at a lot of thngs lately.
I am really beginning to see the value of recognising the difference between the DOER and DONE.

Our church grounds are beginning to look a mess because the caretaker is quite ill and unable to maintain his high standard. But the job needs doing for the benefit of everyone involved and the wider community, so is it really in our best interests as an organisation to leave that work in the hands of one man?
I don't think so.
Ditto the Foxx websites.

One of my intentions as churchwarden is to introduce a series of plans fro different areas of church life that are the responsibility of different groups of people. Our church is five years into being a Cell based church, and I want to extend those values to the organisation as a whole.
Doing. Becoming. Creating.
The garden and grounds should have a team, the Building should have a team, the FSC meal should have a team etc etc, each with a specific and defined set of roles and responsibilities. Same goes for musicians, SALT planners, social action, events etc which are already in place. That way more people can get involved and given the opportunity to grow within the church and within their own faith. And at the same time, no one person becomes burdened with too much and unable to fulfill that role for whatever reason.

This can be summed up with the way our new website will work. A number of administrators will be identified each with an area they can access and update. Ther will be a Working party to oversee and develop the site.
And the site will be designed according to the Cell values.

Naive, perhaps, but its becomng a philosophy I find more and more attractive.

Coop-petition, I believe is the buzz word for this.

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms 1 Peter 4:10

It shouldn't be about personal agendas, relative levels of self-importance etc etc because ultimately, in both theses areas, we all exist to serve a common purpose and that's much easier done by working together.