[Foundation-l] A Board member's perspective

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed May 12 19:05:02 UTC 2010


David Goodman wrote:
> I think we will only make progress when we accept the apologies of the
> people involved.  I can understand that they want to at least formally
> defend the original board statement, but I think they--and we all-
> -recognize that the discussion has moved in a somewhat more permissive
> direction now than that first statement implied.   When people admit
> they've acting over-hastily, as by now I think essentially everyone
> has, I don't see the point of continue to berate them about it.
>
> We're returning to normalcy. Perhaps the most useful thing people with
> any view on the issue could do is contribute to specific discussions
> on improvements in how we handle challenges, on possible software
> improvements , and on deletion and undeletion of particular images.
>   

Indeed! Moving forward does not depend on determining who was right 
about historical wrongs..

Ec

> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM, K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Stuart West <stuwest at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> ...snip...
>>> Jimmy acknowledged this wasn't right and I respect his apology.
>>> ...snip...
>>> - stu
>>>       
>> Yes! because no one would consider
>> starting discussion on wiki first before drawing their guns and start
>> shooting?
>>     




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