My sincerest apologies

[Erich Eickmeyer]

Good ${timezone} DMB,

I'd like to offer my sincerest apologies for something I may have 
written yesterday in #ubuntu-meeting just prior to yesterday's DMB 
meeting in an attempt to get the meeting going. I had a lot of personal 
investment in Aaron Rainbolt's application, so I wanted to see it move 
forward.

My intentions were to show that, although Sebastien (seb128) was taking 
a day off from Canonical, he was still fulfilling his Ubuntu duties for 
the DMB by being present for a vote, and therefore there was quorum and 
that the DMB may proceed despite the questions from other DMB members 
whether or not they should. Unfortunately, it may have come across as me 
chastising him for his illness, and that was the furthest thing from my 
intentions, although I know it was read that way from at least one DMB 
member. My true intentions may not also have been appropriate, which 
could be seen as meddling in the affairs of the DMB, for which I also 
apologize.

I consider Sebastien a friend and ally would never fault him for taking 
a day off for any illness, and I was actually surprised to see him 
present.  I thank him that he was able to add his vote to confirm Aaron 
as a MOTU. Adding to my benefit of the doubt, I'm sure the long delay at 
the end was that he was simply reading backscroll and/or the application 
further for consideration before adding his +1. :)

I want to make sure that we are all assuming good intentions, including 
myself. I truly felt bad about yesterday and it did keep me up at night, 
and it took me a while to process. Thanks for all you do, and I hope we 
can all keep Ubuntu moving forward.

Sincerely,
Erich

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Erich Eickmeyer
Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio
Technical Lead - Edubuntu