----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:41 AM Subject: TIME OUT Re: And here we go again.
> On Fri, 3 May 2002, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Jeroen has made arguments to this effect before, and apparently it > > hasn't convinced everyone. In other words, people don't believe him. > > > > My conclusion, and I may be wrong, is that some folks don't trust > > Jeroen. > > > > If I am right, can anyone who doesn't trust Jeroen attempt some sort of > > explanation as to why this is? Or at the very least, confirm their > > distrust of Jeroen? > > > > Is there anything Jeroen can do to earn back the trust of anyone who > > does not now trust him? > > > > If I'm wrong on the trust issue, why is it that Jeroen's assurances > > don't seem to be convincing some folks? > > Before anyone answers this question... > > Julia, I'm not sure this is a good question for on-list discussion. First > of all, I'm not sure it's possible for a person who distrusts Jeroen to > answer it without violating the guidelines, as doing so necessarily > involves making public an assessment, presumably negative, of Jeroen's > chraracter. > > For myself, at least, unless Jeroen himself solicits such an opinion, and > unless he gives respondents permission to say things that might ordinarily > be considered guideline violations, I don't think I'd be comfortable > giving my frank opinion on-list. > My gut feel is to go along with Marvin on this. On the other hand, I understand why its important to actually discuss issues that keep on coming up. So, I'd like to make a further suggestion. If Jeroen is willing, we can create a temporary Yahoo list to only discuss sources of disquiet on the list, such as this. I think a frank discussion could take place here without violating etiquette. This would have the tremendous advantage of 1) Keeping the list clear of this sorta stuff 2) Keep it from being a submerged problem that will reappear in different guises from time to time. If Jeroen is not interested, then doing anything is pointless, IMHO. Dan M.
