On Nov 27, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > What is described above is exactly what mentors should be doing in an > informal way. What Alan says happened below is what is proposed above. > > I've not been following the project and can't agree or disagree with > Alan's interpretation of events. However, I also don't feel well enough > informed to form a valuable opinion. This prompts the question have > those demanding an alternative action to that one recommended by an > active mentor done sufficient background work to be able to stand > behind their recommendation? > > On the other hand, if people want to step up to bring new blood to the > mentorship role and Alan wanted to resign as a mentor rather than flog > a dead horse > I'd fully understand. I support Alans observations elsewhere that > mentors taking on responsibility for community development is > inappropriate, it needs to be the project community, but new mentoring > might provide new ideas.
I don't intend to step down. I don't quit because things become difficult, frustrating, and prior efforts are unrecognized. New ideas from fresh mentors would be fantastic. However, I will not support throwing in fresh cheerleaders into an empty stadium where the football players have no time to play. For me, I need to see the Chukwa PPMC members take a personal inventory as to what they can honestly commit to doing. If that commitment is different than what was discussed last week then I would be absolutely delighted to have an extension of six months. Regards, Alan
