OSDL and the Linux Kernel Community

I mentioned in a previous post that I hoped Greg's comments on OSDL technical management were just an anomaly or simple miscommunication.  Greg was kind enough to point out to me that this is unfortunately not the case. Currently they seem to be still ignoring us, as nothing has changed (yeah, lots of talk, but no real actions...) But, we have a slot on the board meeting in January to discuss our point-of-view, so we are not giving up yet.  As I also mentioned in my last post, I'd hate to see OSDL drop the ball here.  Their distribution agnostic employment of Linus, Andrew and others as well as some of the additional projects and initiatives they have going have become not only extremely important, but woven into the current framework.  It's not like either Linus or Andrew would be hurting for a job if something happened to OSDL - companies would be waiting in line to be the ones that sign those checks.  But, would that company offer the kind of vendor neutral, distro agnostic, non-commercial setup that they currently have?  Who knows... but Linus has certainly shown that this is something that's important to him (and for good reason).  FWIW, I'd be happy to help in whatever capacity I can.  LQ was an OSDL Linux Summit sponsor last year and we're working on it for this year also, so I may be able to get somebodies ear from that angle.  Additionally, I'd by happy to work with OSDL in any capacity that they think could help them with their "community building" skills.  LQ has grown to over 200,000 members and 2,000,000 posts so I'd like to think I could help in some capacity.  If anyone is interested, don't hesitate to contact me - even if it's just to chat or throw ideas around.  This is sometimes that is important and worth working on to do correctly.  Now, I'm sure there is plenty on both sides that I'm not aware of - but I'm more than willing to listen and learn.
OSDL, Linux, Open Source, kernel
--jeremy