> > I have spent most of the day wondering how to phrase this email, in a > polite manner. Let me explain what has happened... > > It seems we have been at the center of another > strange political...occasion. As we have a couple of new members who are > not familiar with our history, I will include a brief history here. This > is simplified and does not go into much detail. > > *When we started the SII, the Wintermute project (led by me) was working > with the SpeechControl project (led by Manuela Popping; known as 'hajour' in > IRC.)* > *A number of incidents, seemingly due to hajour's emotional instablilty, > caused friction between the two groups, this grew to the point where we, as > a team, spent more time dealing with her problems, misunderstandings > and temperament more then we focussed on our work. These problems seem to be > partly her emotional instability, as well as her less then perfect sense of > english, (which resulted in many miscommunications) * > * > * > *Obviously, this could not continue; after many episodes, hajour demanded > 'credit' for her work to the SII. That conversation ended with hajour and > UndiFineD leaving us (according to Daniel0108, UndiFineD and hajour had been > under the assumption that the SII and the Wintermute project was a sub-team > of their team. This was never the case, and none of the SII team members > have shared this assumption.* > * > * > *Whilst we retained a business relationship with them (sharing information > between individual members, and having developers and others working in both > teams)* another incident has occurred that brings myself, Jacky and Phill > (the three trustees of the SII) to conclude that hajour is attempting to > hurt us by spreading FUD. > > In this case, hajour told Jacky that NRWlion was not to be trusted, she > apparently saw him at the UDS in Budapest running a Nokia stand, (confirming > it was him by asking his name and his IRC name) and he was apparently ready > to siphon information off to Nokia and to lay claim to projects such as > SpeechControl and and the SII's work on Wintermute. She also suspected > NRWlion was the hacker who breached UndiFineD's and Jacky's computers. We > have proved both, through the use of logs and conversations that took place, > to be false. (log is here: http://pastebin.com/DKs0Vz9y ) > > She has also claimed that CensoredBiscuit attempted to hack into her > Facebook accounts and that she has been emailed by Facebook with his > details. (log: http://pastebin.com/7XaheYPG ) > > NRWlion's life is not excellent right now, and he was in no way, shape or > form prepared for this. His life online was his last refuge from the > troubles in RL. Myself, Jacky and Phillw are, personally speaking, disgusted > by hajour's actions. They have caused NRWlion, who most certainly did not > deserve this, to leave us, as he feels he will not escape what was said by > her. > > We do not know Hajour's motivations for this, but we do know they are not > healthy for anyone. We also know that anyone who continues to work with both > teams is in danger of being used as a way of attacking us (that is what > we perceive these attacks as, if FUD is injected and the bonds of trust and > friendship are broken, then we have nothing.) > > The end result of this is, unfortunately, a sad one; we want > to separate entirely from hajour, as we feel she is either spreading FUD, or > has issues which is beyond the scope of people here to help her with. All we > know is she is spreading lies, for one reason or another, and this must be > stopped, before she hurts more people. > > The separation means that everyone must decide where their loyalties lie. > If you support hajour, by all means, leave the SII and continue with your > work, and myself, Phill and Jacky wish you the best of luck in your > future endeavours. > > If, however, you wish to remain with the SII, we ask you to remove all > connections to the SpeechControl project. Until something is done about > hajour, us (the trustees) do not want anyone working with us to be harmed, > as has happened in NRWlion's case. > > I am considered to be the TL of this project; and I find transparency is > the only thing that leads to good leadership. If you have any questions > about the SII, or the SII's decision, you are perfectly free to email me and > ask them and express concern. > > > I leave you to make your choice, > > >
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