On 1 June 2010 23:39, Eugene Eric Kim <ee...@blueoxen.com> wrote: > pain. Hey how hard can it be to wing it? > > You're confusing the agendas of a Task Force to the office hours of > the strategy process as a whole. As stated at: > > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_Office_Hours > > the goals of these office hours are to answer questions and engage in > discussion. These are not formal meetings, but a designated period > where Philippe and I make ourselves available to interact with people > in real-time. We keep the agenda open, but at the same time, we also > do our best to keep the discussion relevant. And, as with the strategy > process as a whole, we've worked hard to maintain an environment of > constructive, positive discourse.
Removing the ability to raise problems with a suggestion is a great way to render discourse pointless. It in effect makes a virtue of [[en:not even wrong]]. > The decision to kick geniice off the channel was mine. You can read > the log to see how the discussion evolved and my explanation for why I > made this decision: > > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/2010-06-01 > > I don't think foundation-l is the appropriate place to discuss these > specific grievances, and I'm happy to continue this discussion on > strategy wiki's Village Pump. That said, I think we have a strong > record for openness and tolerance of all views, as long as the > discussion has remained polite and constructive, and I'm happy to > address any general questions about this here. You have demonstrated a preparedness to shut down lines of debate you don't like. This being the case there is no rational reason why I would chose to raise issues with your actions in places where you were able to continue to take such actions. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
