On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
My real, huge, jaw-hitting-the-floor, issue with your response is that you
preferred "the news about an upcoming change trickl[e] out into the community prior to an official announcement" (gossip) over a posting to foundation-l. You just don't get it.
I do not mean that gossip should be preferred over public announcements as standard operating procedure. Considering that I've made numerous announcements about my work to this very list (IRC office hours, 10th anniversary organizing etc.) I think that's clear.
What I meant is that there is no way to prevent informal discussion about something that has yet to be announced, so there's no reason to fret over it. What I *do *find unhelpful is publicly posting about sensitive topic when you know in advance that people aren't prepared to answer questions about it yet.