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Hello, |
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I have been through a lot of garbage on this project, and the tendency is to |
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store up the past slights and wrongs, then when something relatively minor |
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happens, have it trigger all of that past pain and anger. My reaction to the |
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store issue was in this vein -- clearly misguided and overblown in a big |
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way. Thank God I can see that now. Apologies to all trustees for this, and |
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thank you for patiently putting up with my behavior. |
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Also, what I said about Kurt in past emails was an honest expression of my |
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viewpoint. But the things I said about him were not said from a loving or |
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helpful perspective, so shame on me for saying them. |
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I was trying to be brutally honest. But I don't know if it is possible to be |
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both brutal and honest at the same time. If I'm to be truly honest, I have |
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to also admit that I'm certainly not perfect either. If I'm not perfect, |
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what right do I have to judge someone else against the standard of |
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perfection? Kurt, I owe you an apology for putting you through the ringer in |
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previous emails. Thank you for not responding in kind. |
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Trustees: In the future, please try to keep me more informed regarding your |
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concerns about the store. I will keep you informed of how the store is |
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benefiting the Foundation, on the store Web site and also via -trustees |
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posts as necessary. If you have any questions about the store, please ask |
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me. |
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More importantly, I think a lot of the trustees had the impression that I |
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really have not been very concerned with the welfare of the Foundation. You |
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are right. I resigned from this project with a bad taste in my mouth, and |
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this killed any genuine desire I might have had to help the Foundation. I |
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certainly was not actively looking for ways to help the Foundation. And I |
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now see and appreciate the dilemma you were in. |
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As of now, I do have a desire to help, and I will do my part to help. I want |
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to help because it is in both our interests to help one another, and it is |
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really unpleasant and unnecessary for us to work against each other. |
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I also enjoy running the Store. And, on a fundamental level, my |
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justifications for being bitter about my parting from this project are just |
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not resonating with me anymore. |
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My plans for the next week: |
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1) Sending a $500 check to Kurt for the Foundation so that the Foundation |
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can open a bank account. |
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2) Getting a report online which shows donations + other foundation money as |
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of Sept 9 -> Present, and where the money is going, and if the money hasn't |
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gone anywhere then what's left over. I will keep this updated monthly. |
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3) $3 for each DVD set is now being set aside for the Foundation, in |
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addition to donations. |
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Into the medium-term future, I will: |
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1) continue to expand products being covered by the "$x to the Foundation" |
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policy. |
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2) provide additional money beyond donations to the Foundation. I intend for |
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this to cover the glut in Store->Foundation support from the time I resigned |
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from Gentoo up through September. |
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3) Work with rac to continue to add products to the Store. |
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Sincerely, |
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Daniel |
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