Dear Dan, I abstained from commenting your mails on Eric before now because I wanted to avoid escalation. Now I want to make clear that I like neither the position you have expressed nor the communication style you have used.
IMHO the main rensponsibility of project director is the integrity of the team. A role project director does not necessarily mean being a usability specialist, quality assurance, software architect, designer, developer, document writer, packager etc. This role is solely responsible for the project team feeling good and people want to communicate and to contribute. In the couple of weeks your mails have coursed the opposite: one of the oldest and the most valueable team members has expressed a wish to leave the team. It is a very bad news. And now I expect that you find a way to make him comfortable with you and get him back or that you resign from the position of the project director now. Best regards, Dimitry -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:36:16 +0100 > Von: "Christian Foltin (GMX)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Freemind-developer] Quitting Format for source file name > released (Debian watch file) > Dear Dan, > > I'm not amused. Please do you best, to correct this situation. > > Thanks, Chris > > Eric Lavarde schrieb: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I needed some time to think about it but I don't see the point of me > > spending my leasure time on FreeMind, loosing my nerves on an autocratic > > and arrogant project director. > > > > I would ask you to remove me from the developers' mailing list. If there > > are questions, feel free to contact me directly, but there are some > > people with whom I don't need to be in the same room or on the same > > mailing list. > > > > There were good times, I learned some things, and I don't regret the > > time involved, so thank you for this, and I wish you well, > > Eric > > > > Dan Polansky wrote: > > > >> Hello Eric, > >> > >> I am unsure whether you understood what I meant when speaking of > >> relationships in contrast to substance. I only meant that my mail was > >> not addressing the merit of the thing but rather the relationships in > >> the project. I meant that I did not discuss the version numbering > >> scheme; I was discussing the way in which you have addressed your > >> proposal to the team. I had found your way insolent. > >> > >> I have been told that relationships should be separated from the > >> technical topic, but not ignored. I have been told that relationships > >> should be treated too. > >> > >> When I have received your initial email, I felt strange. I did not > >> understand it, I have seen no examples, and it seemed overly > >> unprofessional, difficult to read. Also, it said that unless I protest, > >> I am bound to something. I felt need to make this a topic of itself. I > >> felt need to clarify that there are certain roles and relationships > >> between people and that certain styles of communication are > inappropriate. > >> > >> So again, it is inappropriate that you assume passive approval. I > >> completely disagree with this. Whenenever you do it again, I declare > >> with this email ahead that I disagreee with any of your suggestions > >> formulated in this way. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Dan > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Freemind-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freemind-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer
