On 9/5/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 9/5/07 7:29 PM, John Lee at johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
I would also add that speaking in vague abstract generalities is not
very
helpful or conducive to a resolution of this problem;
These were private communications; that's all you're going to get from me.
Then keep them private and don't just mention them abstractly to achieve your own agenda.
we need to know just
whats, whys, etc. of these fears.
You will have to get these from them; and as long as the culture remains as it is, I doubt very much that you will.
You are the one who brought it up.
Feel free to disagree with me all you
like, but I find we're very tolerant of a lot of crap spewed onto the
list -
even those on moderation often have their messages approved.
Once again, you are illuminating the problem, John. You are subjectively deciding for us all, what is "crap" and what is not. Don't you get it!?
What you don't get is that they were appointed (or nominated by the community at the time, I forget which) to do the job. They have done it well and I don't see any long-time contributors complaining. You claim to have all these people behind you who are talking to you privately, but we are not to know that. If they wish to have a say, they should say it themselves, not go whining to you.
Marc
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