TheMage is a nice guy. I've interacted with him before on the LTC board.
But as long as LA remains a closed group, it can't grow.
LA wasn't a closed group. It was open to everyone. I joined a month ago. Recently (about 3 weeks ago) they have temporarily stopped new memberships as they reorganize membership types. Once that is finalized they will open it up again.
Maybe I should've put it a little better, but I'll just quote kingscrown and TheMage directly.
Who are the leaders of the Litecoin Association and how do they come to hold their positions? Is there an election?
The current board of directors (I will go by their handles) are Carnth, Crazik, Seansoutpost, and Weex. The ambassadors are myself and Kyrio.
I believe the original board of directors was included with its founding
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I was personally appointed to ambassador
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As far as elections, there has not been any elections for those on the board.
Thanks for the kind words before (you and anderl should tell me your Litecointalk names lol).
As for the above, the LA was formed with a group of folks before it exploded. I wish I could give you an answer if there will be elections in the future but at this time I have no idea. I'll try to reach out to you in the future if this changes and I find out
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