Hi Romaine, I am sad to hear about this, it may well tarnish the very good opinion I have had so far about this year's Wikimania. I am also quite sorry to say that I do not know if we have met in person, I have such a bad memory, so please forgive me if we know each other. I would dare to suggest that you stick around, I know that it would be quite difficult for you, and I hope that some of our WMF staff will reach out to you, but if you show up tomorrow I feel certain that you will find the support of a lot of wikimedians you have been helpful to. Please reconsider...
Best regards Gabriel On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:03 PM KuboF Hromoslav <[email protected]> wrote: > Sad to read this Romaine... > > I am not aware of all details but as I personally know you, you are very > helpful and skilled. As we say "only those who do nothing, do no errors". > Some people can perceive some helpful actions as damaging (I certainly do > in some contexts) but it is not good reason to stop helping. I would > suggest more personal responsibility for those who perceive you speaking > loudly and standing closely to ask you do it in other way. I remember no > one time when Wikimanian refused to do so if gently and clearly asked. > > Sleep well and rethink tommorow > KuboF Hromoslav > > Dňa štvrtok 19. júla 2018 Romaine Wiki <[email protected]> > napísal(a): > >> Dear all, >> >> Right now I am feeling much hurt after a conversation I just had. >> >> What has happened? >> - People say I have been talking to loud, however I do not know where >> that was, but for those who complained about that: I am very sorry, not my >> intention. Please be aware I have a hearing problem and I do hear myself >> much less, as well as I have periodically tinnitus >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus>. >> I would appreciate it very much if anyone who notices I speak to loud, to >> tell me, I do not want to disturb or invasive or ... >> >> - People have said that with some people I have been standing to close to >> them or I may have touched a shoulder. I am very very sorry if that gave >> anyone a bad feeling. Such is never my intention. Because of my bad hearing >> I might also stand closer to people. >> I am pretty sensitive myself to this as well, and I always try to respect >> the personal space of others as I would love anyone at the conference to >> feel well. >> >> About two years ago I was the subject of harassment myself, resulting in >> that I felt horrible for two weeks and couldn't do anything in the >> movement. Having it experienced myself, I am feeling horrible that I >> brought others in the situation that made them feel terrible. >> It feels for me really bad with helping someone that it results in the >> other having an uncomfortable feeling. >> >> >> Also during the day I walked in a room during a session to hand out, on >> request, something to the someone in the room, and left almost immediately. >> Some hours later I heard that one of the presenters in the room got >> stressed by my short presence in the room. I feel sorry if I may have >> disturbed this session in some way, and hope that the presenter will not >> hold a grudge. I am open for a conversation if needed. >> Either way, this resulted in an official complaint on my address. >> >> Because of these complaints, it was demanded to step down as a volunteer >> organiser for this year's Wikimania. >> >> I am very sorry that it has influence on my support of this conference, >> but I will be around. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Romaine >> >> >> >> > > -- > KuboF Hromoslav (Michal Matúšov) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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