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An erroneous idea seems generally to prevail, and has lately found |
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expression on the mailing lists, that I have some sort of personal |
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problem with the GWN authors; that is, that I think them unsuitable for |
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the job and would like them removed. This idea cannot be too explicitly |
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contradicted. |
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I would like to assure people that, quite to the contrary, I have no |
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issue with Ulrich; I have merely observed that he frequently seems |
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unable to respond to emails, and I believe that given the nature of the |
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GWN this is a potential problem for someone in his position as editor. |
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The points raised in my email I still stand by, though I do not hold |
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these to be the fault of any individual person. My intention was not, |
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and has never been, to have Ulrich removed from the team; it is better |
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viewed as an unconventional way of trying to stimulate other |
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contributors to the GWN and help resolve some of its staffing issues, |
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since the more normal methods seem thus far to have failed. It should |
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also be noted that while I stand by points noted in my initial email, I |
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do so purely as myself, and that they do in no way reflect the opinions |
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of any projects of which I may be a part. |
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I would also like to thank Danny van Dyk (Kugelfang) and Tobias |
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Scherbaum (dertobi123) for taking the time and effort to discuss the |
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issues raised and to try to resolve them, and for allowing me to try to |
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help the situation. To those who were upset by my email, I would like |
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to say that this was not my intention, but I do believe that |
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constructive criticism is a positive thing, and I am ever grateful for |
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the opportunity to improve things. It perhaps did not occur to me that |
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it would be taken as a personal affront. |
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It has also been mentioned that perhaps the Council was not the best |
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way to bring this up. I can see how this may be the case, but at the |
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time I was unsure of the proper way to go about these things, and a |
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mail to the Council and gentoo-dev was the best suggestion I received |
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when asking people with more experience than myself. |
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I hope this clears up some of the confusion, |
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Christel. |