Wouter... where to start? I have been given a summary of your involvement with Texel - I'm sure you wouldn't be surprised that your recollection might not marry up well with others' who are still involved. Your summary of the Olympic situation is no deeper than a teaspoon. I have not and do not make fun of your NMBR project, but I suspect the reason you don't work well with committees is because you have a reluctance to participate in a peer review atmosphere. I don't make any judgment whether that is good or bad - I think for some folks, that's just how they're built. You sincerely enjoy, I think, being the "lone wolf," the dissenter, the alternative. If NMBR were the standard, it would be your target.