On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:21 AM, John Baer <bae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Saleel Velankar <svela...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> John, >> >> Respectfully I add that once again the overwhelming conversation has been >> about organizing art, instead of art. It is pointless, boring, and lately >> highly divisive. We have already lost a team member that I highly respected. >> Arguing over flickr groups accomplishes nothing. absolutely nothing. Just PM >> the artists that have contributing to this other group. I have still not >> seen *any* valid argument from you as to why that group was still active >> after the illustration announcement; and why these PMs weren't already sent >> after vish's email. >> >> you know what, I typed all that but my original feeling was correct. Until >> this sort of nonsense is tuned down in this group, I don't think I will be >> actively contributing. >> >> -- >> Saleel (Inactive) >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> >> > Saleel, > > John, > I agree with you but from a different point of view. My contributions to > this group did not happen out of thin air. I invested countless hours in my > best attempts to add value to Ubuntu and the community and I like you grow > tired of the "rants" and the "flames". More so I have personally asked folks > to join and share their talents and to close their eyes and ears to the > behavior of late. > > There are 38 submissions to the "Ubuntu Wallpapers - General Illustrations" > group and some of these illustrations have thousands of views. I can > certainly ask them to resubmit to the other group but I can not hide the > perception the reason seems petty. > > Can we all agree on: * PM the artists asking them to submit their artwork to the official ubuntu-artwork group * Close the uawt-10-0 group Cheers, > Sadly I know there will come a time when planning will begin on Natty +1 > and I anticipate the question will be asked why is it so difficult to get > folks to participate. > > The lesson learned is here. > > With respect to your talent and your contributions. > > Kind regards, > > John > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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