I am soliciting members of the Bitcoin Unlimited effort. Please read the Articles here:
http://www.bitcoinunlimited.info/articlesOfFederation
Please excuse the state of this web site; things are moving fast now.
Reply to this message if you would like to be a member, and please describe why you want to be a member and how you can help the effort.
There is no democratic way to kick something like this off so I am just going to be autocratic about it. I'm defining myself judge, jury and executioner (with the valuable input of those who have been interacting with me of course!) with the power to appoint the initial members. These initial members will then proceed to invite new members. Formal adherence to the Articles will kick off after elections on Jan 15th -- for now I will be acting Developer and the other roles may or may not be informally filled by others as well.
If you have contributed to the discussion in GCBU or the Bitcoin Unlimited threads you have the opportunity to be a "founding" member. If not, we still want you. You may reply here and will be given membership as part of the first Operational BUIP voted on by the founding members (please self-identify so I don't have to figure out that you are not applying for the first round). This will happen before the first elections so you will have the opportunity to vote for roles or run for an office.
There is no advantage to being a "founding" member verses a normal member (read the Articles) other than maybe bragging rights.