Hi Daniel, Am Montag 10 September 2018 20:08:23 schrieb Daniel Pocock: [..] > One of the worst things about leadership mistakes is > that people emulate them. [..] > most recently Bernhard, putting my name into the subject line of an email[2] > reply. Everything spiralled downwards from there
from my perspective it is fine to put a name in an email subject. I did change the subject towards your influence on the style of discussion because I felt you brought up some topics several times, thought they have been answered multiple times. And I believe the large majority does not want to read about it again here. Please respect if others do not share your view on the importance of some of these topics, like if a name on a motion is formatted or spelled correctly. > It is essential to show respect for volunteers when something goes wrong > in their life and they have to miss an event. I agree about this. What we disgree about seems to be if respect has been shown, I think it was and is shown. This is why I am writing this email, I'm taking some time to give you my perspective and feelings. > Reminding people about such things in such an ugly way is a guaranteed > way to poison relationships. There is a direct relation to your criticim of the structures of FSFE. People explained to you how you could have made your voice heard and how to exercise your power in the e.V. . At some occasions you have not done it. If you afterwards in public criticise the people in FSFE for not honoring your input, I believe you leave others no choice than to point out where you have not used some opportunities (that have been there even if you were unable to attend some meetings). This does not speculate about why you were not able to do so. It is not unrespectful in my eyes. Instead it shows what others cannot understand the difference between the missed opportunities and your public demands. > Notice that these things also happen in private discussions and I feel > that some of what is now appearing in public is a reflection of that. From my observation it was you who brought up these things in public. While it is at your deliberation to do so, you will also force others to defend their behaviour in public, even if they'd prefered not to. No matter how it came to be though, it seems that the relationship is now in a state where it does not make sense to continue working together. It is not for us to demand that you change your style of working, but we can declare us incompatible with it (and spare the public the details). Best Regards, Bernhard -- FSFE -- Founding Member Support our work for Free Software: blogs.fsfe.org/bernhard https://fsfe.org/donate | contribute
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