While I appreciate you coming to the defence of the Executive and the rest of the group, I would like to remind you that Niels' email was sent to the list mistakenly and was meant as a private message to Marcel. Please keep that in mind.
I agree with a lot of what you have said Kevin. A lot of it rings true for me. I am looking forward to being able to spend more time with my wife and kids. I am an eternal optimist so all the hurtful things that Niels said put aside, I was able to see some constructive criticism in his email. Many have also said that including you in your message below. Don't dismiss Niels' ideas outright. I think ideas are good, I think participation is better but if you can't participate by being involved personally then input is a fall-back. Jarrod > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kevin Anderson > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:31 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] And the Nominees are... > > Wow. > > You've written off someone I'd support as president, flamed the current > executive, and more or less written off the rest of the group too? > > For one email, that's pretty impressive, assuming that was your intent. > > However, as a member of the flamed majority, a working group of ~100 > people > who have been meeting for years and successfully grown during that time, > with > a budget of zero, through a variety of locations and facilities and other > changes. I have to say, I'm much more apt to think the blame doesn't lie > there. > > I suppose it's easier to bitch and moan, rather than making any positive > contributions (even if they consist of suggestions rather than executive > participation). And you're welcome to it. But recognize it for what it > is. > > I probably deserve to be called a slacker for declining a nomination, but > I > didn't decline because I thought the group was dead and the members were > hopeless. Perhaps I am a slacker. I'm busy, and I don't see enough of my > family. That will change, and perhaps next time I'll change my mind. But > for now, I'll try to support the group. If that means making mistakes, so > be > it. Doing nothing is worse than doing something wrong, because at least > in > failure, there is learning. Your post suggests that you aren't even > interested in that. > > I'm not saying things couldn't be different, or better (or worse). I'm > just > saying that the old adage "if you don't have anything nice to say, then > don't > say anything at all" seems appropriate here. So say something helpful, or > shut up. > > And no, I don't mean this to disparage you generally, I simply think this > email was out of line. Hopefully some good will come of it because I > suspect > (actually I can see a zillion replies) it will at least facilitate some > discussion. > > Kev. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
