I can symphathize with Dennis. I was frustrated with Mitchell's choice of words in the resignation post -- I had to read the first couple of paragraphs multiple times to understand what Mitchell was saying.
Nick On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Josh Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dennis, > That first quote actually explicitly calls out an action that Mozilla took > that we're apologizing for - "we didn't move fast enough to engage with > people once the controversy started". The situation was not improved by > Mozilla's silence early on; we're usually better about expressing ourselves > in public. > > Cheers, > Josh > > > On 04/07/2014 12:22 PM, Dennis Culley wrote: >> >> >> >> Panos, Here is the original quote from 3APr. The tone of this post is >> unambiguous in the sense that someone did something wrong. Since Brendan was >> the only one to have been affected it is logical to assume that Ms. Mitchell >> places the blame squarely on Mr. Eich's shoulders and his position on gay >> marriage in 2008. >> >> >> https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/ >> >> "Mozilla >> prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past >> week, we didn't live up to it. We know why people are hurt and >> angry, and they are right: it's because we haven't stayed true to >> ourselves. >> >> We >> didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act. We didn't move >> fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We're >> sorry. We must do better." >> >> Prior >> to this post, Ms. Mitchell had this to say. >> >> >> >> >> https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2014/03/26/building-a-global-diverse-inclusive-mozilla-project-addressing-controversy/ >> >> >> "I >> am an avid supporter of equal rights for all. I support equal rights >> for the LGBT community, I support equal rights for underrepresented >> groups, and I have some pretty radical views about the role of >> underrepresented groups in social institutions. I was surprised in >> 2012, when his donation in support of Proposition 8 came to light, to >> learn that Brendan and I aren't in close alignment here, since I've >> never seen any indication of anything other than inclusiveness in our >> work together (note: I've edited this sentence to give clarity)." >> >> Here >> is the problem. It is clear that Ms. Mitchell is "surprised" that >> someone could have views that do not support same sex marriage yet >> still be inclusive and not discriminatory. Why is that? >> >> There >> is an important distinction to be made here. I happen to believe that >> words actually have meaning. That men are different than women (in a good >> way) and >> that marriage is between a man and a woman. This is in no way >> discriminatory against a gay union but it does indicate a rational >> basis on which to disagree with calling it marriage. >> >> >> Dennis >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 17:56:04 +0300 >> Subject: Re: Brendan Eich >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected]; [email protected] >> >> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Dennis Culley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> The fact that Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker fell all over >> herself to effectively condemn him in her blog post demonstrates that >> Mozilla would prefer to bow to bullying tactics of the left instead of >> standing up for freedom of speech. It takes courage to take a stand. Mozilla >> failed. >> >> >> >> Could you quote the specific part of Mitchell's post that you refer to? >> Because I haven't read anything like what you describe here. On the >> contrary, she has told the entire community in a recent town hall meeting >> how she tried to convince him to stay at Mozilla, along with the rest of the >> board. This has been officially communicated here: >> >> >> >> https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/ >> >> It is the hope of a lot of us at Mozilla that Brendan will some day decide >> to return to the project at some capacity, once this sad incident is behind >> us. >> >> >> >> Panos >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
