On Thu, May 26, 2016 6:55 AM, Steve Dougherty [email protected] wrote: I can understand if you're upset that Arne does not agree with you, but I don't understand what you're doing here. Do you expect that if you
berate Arne he will come around? I expect that we can have a discussion based on facts and logic, during which we can disagree without being disagreeable, and after that discussion arrive at a logical conclusion. This is how healthy teams operate. You are being disrespectful. I'm not at all suggesting that you aren't allowed to disagree, or be honest, but you seem to go about being honest by also being hurtful. I do not believe I have been disrespectful, I have stated where I disagree with Arne and why. Arne began his email with an ultimatum that he would not use Google Docs to participate in the process I'm trying to create. Was that not disrespectful of my efforts to try to create a democratic process for prioritizing our roadmap? Am I not permitted to criticise Arne, but it is fine for him to nitpick relatively trivial aspects of what I'm trying to do? I feel like you are approaching this with the goal of shutting down those who disagree with you, instead of collaborating and discussing with others to arrive at a reasonable solution to a problem. I'm trying to create a democratic process for prioritizing our roadmap so that we do not squander this $25k donation. Arne appears intent on fighting me at every step of the way, his refusal to use Google Docs being just one example. We have now spent hours of our time debating the Google Docs issue with people instead of advancing the project, which must be really hilarious to any opponent of our project that's watching us. It reminds me of the film “The Life of Brian”, in which the People's Front of Judea are so busy fighting with the Judean People's Front that they forget about the Romans who are supposed to be their common enemy. I also note Steve that you do not even try to address the substance of the disagreement, focusing exclusively on my tone. Do you agree with Arne that we shouldn't use Google Docs? If so, what are your reasons? Can we not have a debate based on facts and arrive at a logical conclusion at the end of that debate? That's how things used to work, and it worked pretty well. Ian. Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
