[penguicon-general] where was MDLUG?

[chuck child]

Oops.   Looks like messed up the reply on that one.   Sorry folks, I didn't
really mean to make that public. . . .But I guess it is what it is.

-Chuck

On 5/1/07, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Rob?
>
> Im sure, somewhere, somehow, you have the best interests of Penguicon at
> heart.
>
> Apparently here, and now is not one of those places.
>
> In the last two months I have seen you spread, on this list, more sarcasm,
> personal rudeness, insults, evasions, and aggression than any single other
> person.
>
> Including Jer.
>
> If you honestly, truly, and in reality care about Penguicon, filter
> yourself, and your words.   Stop driving off the new blood and energy that
> drives our Con.   Understand that that new blood and energy matters much
> more than anything I have seen you post on this list.   Matters much more
> than anything I have seen you contribute to Penguicon in the two years I
> have been working with it.
>
> Honestly, new blood and enthusiasm is what matters MOST to Penguicon right
> now, and flame wars, insult fests, and generally slamming people for their
> opinions, as I regularly see you do here, does more damage to those areas
> than I think you can possibly imagine.   At the rate Penguicon is currently
> sending tried and true ConCom and staff into retirement, we seem to need to
> replace a full quarter of them yearly.
>
> Every time one of your vitriol packed posts shoots across this board,
> blasting another dedicated person for daring to have opinions differing from
> yours, I see momentum wane, opinions shift away from Penguicon, and
> volunteers second guess working with us.   Every time I see that happen, I
> worry more and more for our future.
>
> If you do indeed care about Penguicon, please stop destroying our must
> important assets, namely enthusiasm and willing volunteers.
>
> If not, by all means, return some more responses filled with aggression,
> sarcasm, and general mean spiritedness.
>
> It's what you always do.
>
>
> -Charles Child
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/1/07, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net > wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday 01 May 2007 5:09 pm, Dan DeSloover wrote:
> > > I'm really glad that Rob is a part of this list, he always so
> > constructive
> > and helpful.
> >
> > Easy to fix.
> >
> > Rob
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