On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Paul Jones <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > - On 08 Jun, Matthew Weier O'Phinney sent an email encouraging me in the > friendliest possible way to resign. To paraphrase, he opined that I had three > options: adapt to recent changes and/or submit to proposed changes in FIG, > continue to argue against those changes, or leave the group entirely. His > advice was (again paraphrasing) to stop fighting and go my own way. (Please > note that this arrived *after* I had been informed that a complaint would be > presented to the group by the secretaries.)
>From my side, I was unaware of any other contact with Paul by other FIG members or by the FIG secretaries when I emailed Paul. My missive was based solely on my personal observations of Paul's interactions with the list, with no prompting from anybody else. Further, I've yet to have a response. No acknowledgment whatsoever. I can understand why at this point, knowing that the conversation with the secretaries had already occurred, but it has been disheartening nonetheless. My main point of contention is that I feel Paul argues legalities only when he disagrees with outcomes, which, in the past six months, seems to be essentially every decision, judgment call, etc. This feels like he's attempting to bend the rules to suit *his* point of view, versus those of a consensual group. At the same time, I see him accusing others of playing politics, which feels frankly hypocritical. I think it's natural for the direction and make-up of a group to change over time; if it didn't, something is wrong. My feeling is that Paul is pining for the days before the group had as many members, and when the word of those who founded the group or were most active was law. The group today, however, is far different, and has taken on more and greater responsibilities over time; change is necessary. I would be quite happy for Paul's continued involvement. I just would rather his involvement be on debating technical specifications. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [email protected] https://mwop.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/CAJp_myUMg2xFTw8BOU%2BKy2gFix48cG6g-26Uut9tguhYmxX8Ng%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
