On Saturday 17 July 2021 13:28:33 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > WOW - I missed it all! > Stuart , PM incuded because the list seems to be abandoned by the major responders.
You missed what should have been a tempest in a teapot. That CoC was apparently done without a prior annuncement, by Jeff Epler. It generated quite a bit of blowback as you've read by now. And now the exodus has begub with the leaving of Dr Klepp. > My wife and I left 24 Jun 2021 and returned 07 Jul 2021. I didn't > check emails until we returned. > > Seems to me a lot of people confuse the right to comment with the > obligation to comment. > > The COC appears to be a compilation of what everyone on the list has > been doing all along. Therefore, Jeff's comment, "a non-event", is > appropriate. > > I don't know what triggered the need for putting in the work to > develop the COC but I trust Jeff has identified the need. > I don't know who/what is going to be the COC sheriff but it will be a > thankless job. Even more thankless than general development. :) > > It is my hope the job of COC sheriff is somewhat less interesting than > the maytag repairman job. So do I, but Jeff has since posted that rule is not that important for this list. "I see a number of reasonable folks here concerned about how this rule would be interpreted and applied, and I don't mind seeing it removed." I /think/ he was refering to one specific rule. > thank you Jeff for your attention and work > > Stuart > > I was encouraged when I saw Valerio comment about making a project. He > is thinking about getting back to work. We should follow his thought > pattern. > > :) > > My only negative feeling was when it was suggested a democratic vote > would fix it. Democracy is mob rule - nothing else. It is one hundred > people walking into a restaurant and waiting until 51 have agreed on > what to eat and then everyone has to eat what the 51 decided everyone > needs to eat. Not pleasant. All too true. > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:48 AM Mark Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:07 AM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 09:55, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bullshit. It's a sign that someone(s) wants to create political > > > > division and strife > > > > > > No, I think that we can be 100% sure that that was never Jeff's > > > > intention. > > > > > -- > > > atp > > > > It may not have been his intention but it certainly has turned the > > group into just that. > > > > Mark No Cheers today, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
