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You summed up my feeling exactly. No need for me to type anymore now. ;) |
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John Alberts |
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On Jan 16, 2008 4:04 PM, <gibbonsr-ml@××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> That WooHoo feeling seems to be held by most, Honestly at first i was |
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> there also. |
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> But now that I've calmed down, and started reading through everything I do |
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> not share the feeling. Do I think Daniel can help? Yes. Should we accept |
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> his current offer by Friday? No. Why? Many reasons, some having to do with |
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> the fact we just don't know enough. Another one is he is wanted |
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> unquestionable control ... which is dangerous to give to anybody, no matter |
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> how great the man once was. Would we give JFK or Lincoln complete control |
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> of the US, no checks, no balances .. no. (sorry to the non-us citizens for |
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> that example, best I could come up with in such sort notice). |
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> I know Daniel can help, but I also believe anybody who is committed enough |
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> can help. Somebody needs to take this personal, and take it as a part-time |
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> job and execute on actions, and be held accountable for what they did or |
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> didn't do. |
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> The past is the past, both good and bad. I think if Daniel would sit down |
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> with the Foundation, trustee, council and even allow others to join and |
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> listen (not speak, but listen) and then hash out a set of guidelines .. then |
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> great. But we shouldn't accept him blindly and unconditionally at this |
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> point in time. If Daniel doesn't want to sit down and talk this out, then |
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> he doesn't need to be back. |
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> ----- Original Message ----- |
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> From: "John Alberts" <john.m.alberts@×××××.com> |
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> To: "Caleb Cushing" <xenoterracide@×××××.com> |
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> Cc: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o |
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:54:00 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] drobbins, leadership, etc. |
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> It might be prudent to back up your claims, conclusions, and suggestion |
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> with some type of fact. I'm not saying I disagree or agree with you, but |
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> basically, all you said was "WooHoo! Bring back Robbins!" |
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> John Alberts |
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> On Jan 16, 2008 3:43 PM, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > just joining the conversation. I vote to bring drobbins back. Even |
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> > though i as |
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> > a user/admin and potential future developer, have no vote. |
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> > I would also like to note that under the current leadership, of which I |
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> > have |
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> > no confidence, I have no desire to be a gentoo developer. were this |
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> > leadership to change and with some more improvement of my own skills I |
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> > would |
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> > consider it. I of course do not believe this decision is based on me, |
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> > not attempting to inflate my own worth. but am merely pointing out that |
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> > I may |
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> > not be the only person who feels this way. |
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> > Caleb Cushing |
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> > PGP keys available on key server |
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> > wwwkeys.us.pgp.net |
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> > Due to low Internet availability I may not check |
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> > my email more than once a week, and thus cannot |
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> > guarantee a response time. |
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> Ryan Gibbons |
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> 817.657.1780 |
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> gibbonsr@××××××××××××××××××.com |
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