[Foundation-l] At school

[Philippe Beaudette]

On Feb 16, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Domas Mituzas wrote:

>
> I respect Philippe - we had lots of great time and discussions in  
> the past - and I hope he remembers that (including all my thoughts  
> about the work he is doing), and doesn't think I'm in any way  
> disrespectful! I'm sorry, if it is seen otherwise, it was supposed  
> to be just "oh, I am snarky indeed" :)
> Tyler? He deliberately separated himself from "your foundation", so  
> I cannot call him a colleague yet!

Indeed, I remember some wonderful conversations, particularly one in  
which Domas and I attempted to drink all the beer in Argentina.  At  
lunch.  We were THIS close.  It's because of that interaction and the  
solid base that it's built on that I felt comfortable telling Domas he  
was being snarky and, because of the smiley at the front of his reply  
to me, I know he was attempting to be humorous.  For the record, no  
consultants were harmed in the making of my email.

As for Tyler, I think it's important to remember that this is an  
outward facing list - emails may be read and responded to by people  
who have little to no knowledge of the Foundation and we have a  
responsibility - I think it's stronger than that - a moral imperative  
- to respond to good faith questions in a good-faith nature.  That's  
where I think Domas slipped up.  I also think he realizes it, and  
there's no need to expand on that.
>
> I don't feel entirely doomed now, that I get community support. I  
> will be better, I promise!

I'm going to hold you to that.  Care to place a friendly wager?   
Polish beer?
>
> Domas

Philippe

>
> P.S. Maybe I really shouldn't send emails when severely jetlagged? ;-D

P.S. A lesson we've all learned once upon a time, usually the hard way.
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