On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 14:02 +0000, Ian Clarke wrote: > 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 >
Btw, I also disagree with using google-docs; the reason being: it requires registration to a 3rd party service whereas the alternatives (wiki or piratepad) don't. Florent
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