Well said John. I'll follow up to your email in more detail once I get to my desk.
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -----Original Message----- From: John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:40:52 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [Fwd: FCN submission - your reaction, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:38:26 +0800 Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/06/08 06:08, John Botscharow wrote: > > A leader would be the person to either set up the project, provide > > direction on how to set it up, especially for new people like > > me :-), or determine that the project is inappropriate for the team > > - if such a thing happens here. A leader would be the person to go > > ask questions like this. I have tried to find answers on both > > Launchpad and the wiki but with limited success. So any help you > > can provide would be much appreciated. > I'm finding it more and more troublesome that the notion of a leader > "doing" things for you exists. > Onno. I have never asked anyone to DO anything for me. If that is how you interpret what I have asked on this list, then you and I have some communication difficulties to work out. Perhaps my questions needed to be worded differently, but what I have been trying to ask is HOW to do something and WHAT can I do - in terms of "authority" for the lack of a better word. This especially became an issue after the incident with the wiki and my articles. I am still reluctant to do much on the marketing wiki after that incident. but I will try again and see what happens The responses to my requests for help on how to do something have usually been some variation of "just do it" rather than the more specific instructions that I have finally gotten. I am sorry that I am not as familiar - hardly at all - with all things Ubuntu, but I am trying to learn it all as quickly as I can. It would be most appreciated if you, and everyone else, on this list, would keep in mind that I am a poor newbie who is trying hard to be a productive member of this team. This is where having someone who is a leader - the go-to-guy - would help. Someone who could take the new guy and show him the ropes. Even in a volunteer organization, that is a useful thing. I have been wanting to get this off my chest for a few days now and am glad to finally do so. And if I've burned bridges, to use your phrase, so be it. I'll just work that much harder to rebuild them. - -- Peace! John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIUGKEsTN+hz1Fu7URAvBrAJ9l2fnrALmw8SAR587uOdsJs5DrCwCfaCvM U3FgvNc2XCxoQbg+yDxRXq8= =xzEZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
