-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:24:13 +0800 Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think that the flurry of emails generated on this topic of > leadership is evidence that this is not a simple issue and that great > philosophical gaps exist in methodology. OR had we taken the bull by the horns, the activity would never have happened. > > I think that you misunderstand and under appreciate the respect the > team has for your contributions, though personally, I think religion > is not helping your argument and it puts me off. Not at all and I do appreciate that, but to me, it is a contribution I wish I did not need to make. :-) I would rather make my contributions in other areas, which will have to wait until after we get this issue resolved. > > I think that you have a fundamental obstacle to overcome, one where > you understand that "If you do unto others as you would like done to > you." and you build contributions built on that, you will be listened > to, evaluated, commented upon and respected. Your initial FCM > submission was a great example of this. I strongly urge you to take > into account the feedback you received and publish a new draft. I > personally will commit to reading it and commenting upon it, but you > should realise that there is no requirement for me, or any other team > member to do so. I am aware of all that, and in the same vein, there is no requirement for me to even post it here. I did that because of my respect for the people in this group. What I wrote was my opinion, and that has not changed substantially. I will take your suggestion into consideration, but I am not promising anything. I am a firm believer in the right of free speech, yours, mine and everyone else's and in our right to agree to disagree. So let's agree to disagree and leave it there for now. As for making contributions to this team that are commensurate with my abilities, well, I am a writer, and have written a lot - several hundred - articles on marketing theory and how-tos which I am adding to my personal wiki. I had hoped to put them in the team wiki as resources, but given the feedback I got - most of it "negative" - I decided to put it on my personal wiki. Anyone who wants to come read them is most welcome and I will gladly answer any questions or comments about them. Feel free to contact me personally - just use a pgp signature or I might think your message is spam, if I do not recognize your name. I am going back to not talking on here on this subject any more. I've said my piece and feel no further need to repeat myself. > > > I confess that I underestimated the level of passion the various > proponents brought to the discussion. Passion is an important element of marketing, as the early Mac evangelists proved. It was their passion that drove the Mac marketing campaign. And if we are to even begin to complete with Windows and their hired guns, we will need a whole lot more passion than you've seen on this list. A whole lot more. - -- Peace! John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFITdzOsTN+hz1Fu7URAmhlAKCjXTPt9ol+/VSRpOHhZt4YXf0qCwCdHlTr 0kvMI/M512iV3Mujw/3SuqA= =AVM7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
