There are several passionate threads happening on various SL mailing lists. As we push through these discussion I would like remind participants about a couple of tactics I have learned for successfully building a consensus on a mailing list.
1. Never take (or make) it personal. Passion is good. But always focus on the issues. 2. Focus on educating others. There will be vocal minorities who don't understand what you are saying. But for the most part people are listening and learning. 3. Rather than finding faults in specific posts, create a series of impersonal 'summary' threads. 4. No single issue or decision is a show stopper. As long as Sugar Labs sticks to a cycle of "exploration through implementation, collaboration, and reflection, the project and any products based on the platform will improve. 5. Try not to post more than once a day to a thread. Quality of thought is more effective then quantity or volume of words. david _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
