Sorry for the broken thread. I am not receiving all the emails in a prompt fashion.
In response to Scott's message here: http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=2648 I agree with you whole heartily, Scott, that I did not start off on the right foot with my complaints. I failed miserably at that. I am very, very willing to admit my faults, and always have been. You are right, you tried three times, off list, to get my feedback, and I did not provide it. That was purposeful. I do not feel that the issue I am trying to help us overcome, as a team, belongs off list. I do not trust that it will be taken care of, as all that I am complaining about happens in a very public place in the first place. It is very likely that the issues pass your desktop one by one. In reality, they should be dealt with issue by issue, as they occur. I've tried very hard to be quietly effective at resolving the issues. I admit, I'm starting to feel very frustrated that I must either go in an neaten or move around or somehow address each piece of work, in order to maintain a nice level of organization. That is likely something I must address on the inside, somehow, but I am feeling very discouraged by it. Ger is so expecting of the rest of us to be on the ball, even green users, so it does not seem greatly unfair to expect the same from him. I also feel I've been given a separate set of rules. You told me that if changes occur in the FAQs at the doc project, we should also incorporate the changes at the OOoAuthors set. It is very hard to do this, but I've tried very hard to comply with it. Ger does not, and he gets snarky about any work at OOoAuthors. Let's put it right out there, I don't like work at OOoAuthors either, but I do it for the community, to collaborate on a mission that most of us have been trying to pull together as a single mission. If I don't keep OOoAuthors up, then I let fall down on your request. If I do try to keep OOoAuthors up and in that mission try to keep all of us on the same page with that mission, I get snarky comments from Ger, almost as if I am some sort of traitor, so that work somehow lets him down.... I've tried to be quietly effective and have tried to deal with the issues one by one as much as I can, but it gets tiring and very discouraging to be the wall in the midst of the battle, if you know what I mean... It is only natural that after a while I pop from the pressure. I am still learning how to pop "professionally". I very much want to be very good at being professional, and I believe I have made great strides in doing reaching for it. I agree, this time around, I did not do so good, and I am very willing to accept the lashes for that. Still, I'd like to keep the discussion on the list. To me, that seems the best way to make FAQ work an overall collaboration. It is *extremely* hard for me to speak up about this. I'm a wreck. Physically, I dare say I am in a danger zone, and I'm not sure how long I will have the stamina to persist. Please, if you will, understand that, and help me address this in a serious and productive manner, all emotion aside. It does not seem fair that the issues I try to bring up are chalked up to my disabilities, because they exist in other areas of the OpenOffice.org project as well, in places such as the users list and the oooauthors mail list. Sincerely, Diane Mackay --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
