Fair enough. I'm a hipocrite. Kev.
-----Original Message----- From: Jesse Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:21 AM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] President's Address 2007 So let me get this straight, I point out that 1=1, you call me a cheeseball, and now your the etiquette tsar for the group? This is how flame ware start, don't get me started. Jesse On Fri, 2007-09-03 at 08:09 -0700, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Sarcasm or not, it doesn't matter. When you trash the people who are trying > to help, you make it less likely that people will offer help in the future. > That eliminates the value of the group. Period. > > What belongs here is "Thanks for stepping up Kin". "You might have been the > only option for prez, but you'd have been my first choice anyway, Kin". > "This is a great change for CLUG, and I look forward to an exciting new > year". "You have my complete support Kin. If you need my help, please ask". > > Call it sarcasm, call it joking, call it whatever you want, negative comments > will drive people away from this group in general, and the executive in > particular. You need to stop. > > For those sending me personal messages, note that this goes for you > too. Jesse, like Kin, has been here for a long time, and has also > contributed to this group. He deserves to be treated exactly the same > as Kin. I have zero interest in a 14 year old girl "I'm mad at her, > so if you're my friend, you won't talk to her either" type argument. > I'm not 14, I'm not a girl. I can appreciate Jesse (and give him a > tshirt) based on his value to this group, and also let him know that > he's out of line for some particular action. That doesn't mean that I > don't value his input on this list, it means that he needs to be > reprimanded. I've been reprimanded (publicly on this list) when I > deserved it (My very first post, if I remember correctly), and I don't > think it was done to be malicious. It was done because it was in the > best interest of this group. Peer presure to "behave" is quite > powerful, and can be used for good. We all know that knocking the > President is bad. Rather than pr > ivately starting an "I hate Jesse" (Or Kevin) group, lets just publicly > straighten out the problem. If I asked aboutusing Fdisk, you'd answer > publically and the issue would get resolved. Interpersonal issues in a > public forum such as CLUG should be handled in the same way, quickly, > factually, and publically. > > Kev. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:55 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] President's Address 2007 > > Kevin, > > Chill out. This is <sarcasm>. There is no fighting going on. > > Some of you people take me way too seriously. > > Jesse > > On Thu, 2007-08-03 at 21:33 -0700, Kevin Anderson wrote: > > Jesse, > > > > You were a cheeseball at the meeting asking for a shirt but I cut you slack > > and gave you one anyway because you've been a long time contributor to the > > group. > > > > Kin has been a positive contributor to this group for as far back as I > > remember. Doing things different from your preference is not the same as > > doing them incorrectly. The BLOG is public. It's easy to find via google, > > and it reaches people who are not subscribed to this list, or others (such > > as myself) who only read the emails occasionally. > > > > Whining about someone who is doing work for the group with zero expectation > > of something in return is stupid and wrong. This infighting is why the > > first CLUG meeting I went to was crowded and packed (remember we moved > > because we needed a bigger space). Whereas yesterday, the place was half > > empty. Lets take this as an opportunity to support the people offering > > their time to the betterment of this group. Who wants to go somewhere that > > they're surrounded by constant squabbling. Really, I read one email in > > this whole thread, and it's a scrap. On DAY 1 with a new prez. > > > > If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. LIVE > > THAT. > > > > Kev > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jesse Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:58 PM > > To: CLUG General > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] President's Address 2007 > > > > On Thu, 2007-08-03 at 13:49 -0700, kwong wrote: > > > I have created my message in a blog rather than flood the mail > > > list with my drivel for those that might be interested but don't frequent > > > the website. > > > > So let me get this straight, instead of sending an e-mail to the list, you > > wrote a blog entry, then sent an e-mail to the list. On top of that you > > didn't provide a url. So now instead of an e-mail with all the information, > > I have an e-mail with reference to the information which I now have to look > > for. > > > > Jesse > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
