Sad to read this Romaine...<div><br></div><div>I am not aware of all details but as I personally know you, you are very helpful and skilled. As we say &quot;only those who do nothing, do no errors&quot;. Some people can perceive some helpful actions as damaging (I certainly do in some contexts) but it is not good reason to stop helping. I would suggest more personal responsibility for those who perceive you speaking loudly and standing closely to ask you do it in other way. I remember no one time when Wikimanian refused to do so if gently and clearly asked.</div><div><br></div><div>Sleep well and rethink tommorow</div><div>KuboF Hromoslav<br><br>Dňa štvrtok 19. júla 2018 Romaine Wiki &lt;<a href="mailto:romaine.wiki@gmail.com">romaine.wiki@gmail.com</a>&gt; napísal(a):<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>Right now I am feeling much hurt after a conversation I just had. <br></div><div><br></div><div>What has happened?</div><div>- People say I have been talking to loud, however I do not know where that was, but for those who complained about that: I am very sorry, not my intention. Please be aware I have a hearing problem and I do hear myself much less, as well as I have periodically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus" target="_blank">tinnitus</a>. <br></div><div>I would appreciate it very much if anyone who notices I speak to loud, to tell me, I do not want to disturb or invasive or ...<br></div><div><br></div><div>- People have said that with some people I have been standing to close to them or I may have touched a shoulder. I am very very sorry if that gave anyone a bad feeling. Such is never my intention. Because of my bad hearing I might also stand closer to people.</div><div>I am pretty sensitive myself to this as well, and I always try to respect the personal space of others as I would love anyone at the conference to feel well. <br></div><div><br></div><div>About two years ago I was the subject of harassment myself, resulting in that I felt horrible for two weeks and couldn&#39;t do anything in the movement. Having it experienced myself, I am feeling horrible that I brought others in the situation that made them feel terrible. <br></div><div>It feels for me really bad with helping someone that it results in the other having an uncomfortable feeling.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also during the day I walked in a room during a session to hand out, on request, something to the someone in the room, and left almost immediately. Some hours later I heard that one of the presenters in the room got stressed by my short presence in the room. I feel sorry if I may have disturbed this session in some way, and hope that the presenter will not hold a grudge. I am open for a conversation if needed.<br></div><div>Either way, this resulted in an official complaint on my address.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Because of these complaints, it was demanded to step down as a volunteer organiser for this year&#39;s Wikimania. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am very sorry that it has influence on my support of this conference, but I will be around.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Romaine<br></div><div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">KuboF Hromoslav (Michal Matúšov)<br></div><br>