Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Hi Ian, > that means having an idea which of our collaborators are a better > guide on which topics. […] > I certainly don't want to encourage you to start avoid bossing people > around. Oh, you weren't — I was really making the contrariwise point in a rather clumsy way, referring to an

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Chris Lamb writes ("Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?"): > [stuff] Thanks. As is conventional I'll reply mostly to the bit I disagree with :-). > I agree that people can still disagree but I am just aiming for the > platonic ideal where positions ar

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 10:52:42PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Indeed, I can imagine them being influenced negatively just as often > as positively; nobody likes to be felt like they are being bossed > around, after all. I wouldn't mind being led, though, especially when the consensus on a

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Dear Ian, > IMO the DPL is never "just another voice". But if you want to give a > message some additional weight Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Just to clarify, I wouldn't want to add too much weight on technical topics in the sense of offering lamby-as-DPL's opinion versus

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Chris Lamb writes ("Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?"): > Dear Enrico, > > I wouldn't want the DPL to express their opinion with the expectation > > that everyone should agree or follow their lead, but more with the idea > > of giving a sense

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Dear Bdale, > I've been startled sometimes at how other read what I wrote instead of > what I meant, and how often a very small tweak in wording was all it > took to clear up the distinction... Thank you for sharing your wisdom :) Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `.

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Chris Lamb writes: > Every time I tried drafting such "loaded" opinions in the past I could > already hear the (perhaps justified…) pushback and thus decided not to > get closer involved. I think it depends a lot on how local vs general the topic is. For example, in my second

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Hi Martin, > > Every time I tried drafting such "loaded" opinions in the past > > I could already hear the (perhaps justified…) pushback and thus > > decided not to get closer involved. > > Don't you think being a leader sometimes requires to withstand some > pushback Of course, but not if one

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Hi Martin, > > Every time I tried drafting such "loaded" opinions in the past > > I could already hear the (perhaps justified…) pushback and thus > > decided not to get closer involved. > > Don't you think being a leader sometimes requires to withstand some > pushback Of course, but not if one

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

also sprach Chris Lamb [2018-04-02 21:41 +1200]: > Every time I tried drafting such "loaded" opinions in the past > I could already hear the (perhaps justified…) pushback and thus > decided not to get closer involved. Don't you think being a leader sometimes requires to

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Dear Enrico, > I wouldn't want the DPL to express their opinion with the expectation > that everyone should agree or follow their lead, but more with the idea > of giving a sense of direction Nod. There are a few situations where I would like to have liked to done this during my first term.

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 04:04:22PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Therefore, what would you like to see *more* of from a Project > Leader? What would would you like to see less of? Hello Chris, thanks for asking. I'd like the DPL to provide more vision for the project, by occasionally publicly

Conflict resolution (was: Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?)

Bdale Garbee wrote: > So, Chris, given Lars' assertion and my kind-of-a-rebuttal, I suspect > we'd both (all?) be interested in hearing you say more about how you > think about conflict resolution I don't have many thoughts from "first principles" on conflict resolution (and am in no way claming

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Lars Wirzenius writes: > I'd like to see more overt, public intervention when conflicts, "flame > wars", happen, and even before things flare up. This has been a persistent meme for a long time (I'm pretty sure it's one of the big reasons I failed to be re-elected DPL 15 or so

Re: Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

On Fri, 2018-03-30 at 16:04 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Dear -vote, > > Due to the absense of the usual tête-à-tête on -vote this year, > to stimulate the conversation further I thought I might pose a > question to the electorate myself. > > Therefore, what would you like to see *more* of from a

Question: What would you like to see {more,less} of?

Dear -vote, Due to the absense of the usual tête-à-tête on -vote this year, to stimulate the conversation further I thought I might pose a question to the electorate myself. Therefore, what would you like to see *more* of from a Project Leader? What would would you like to see less of? Best