[gonores]

Thanks for the kind words.

To be sure, I will not accept any payment without equal compensation to Mike, John, and Simon. However, I will say this...the development of my network on here has already proven it will pay off more than any actual compensation for HULA. The quality of replies to my (limited amount of) poker posts this month has been better than before. HULA is one of those value-creating projects that benefits everyone involved, proportionally to the amount of work put into it, without the actual transfer of wealth, IMO.

As far as the fearless dictator thing goes...I'm working on it. Problem is I'm so green when it comes to running these things that I lack foresight on some issues, so I don't mind feedback right now. Running things by friends is one way to fix it, and I do it when I can (via IM)...but I'm not going to withhold info for some amount hours while waiting for responses to things. I don't think my style of posting semi-official rulings with room for feedback is failing right now, but as I get more comfortable with where this is going to go, I'll be more confident about my rulings.

Doug