[yapc] Anyone interested in crashing CPOSC in October?

Will Coleda will at coleda.com
Wed Jul 7 08:19:08 PDT 2010


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Gabor Szabo <szabgab at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Jon Miner <jon at jjminer.org> wrote:
>> On 7/7/10 2:13 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote:
>>>
>>> Casey, you are right I could have done a lot more research trying to
>>> track him down. I could have asked around if anyone knows Eric and
>>> has his contact and then waited a month.
>>>
>>
>> So, how much is he being paid to maintain the site, and of that pay, how
>> much of his time is being paid to make sure the site is perfectly maintained
>> and up to date?
>>
>> This is exactly the type of blame assignment and agressive behavior that
>> discourages volunteers, discourages new people from joining, and discourages
>> expansion and adoption of our beloved language.
>>
>> It might be a different thing on a private list, but this is a public list,
>> filled with potential volunteers who are now discouraged from trying to help
>> for fear of being publicly berated.
>>
>
> wow.
> I just acknowledged that Casey was right and I should have been
> more careful.
> Do you really feel I was aggressive in that?
>
> Gabor
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Gabor - it's probably just that it was read as sarcastic rather than
literal - it's far too easy to misconstrue these sorts of things
without any context other than the text.

Thanks for trying to improve the state of the community. =-)

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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