please reconsider and give it some more time

[David Farning]

Organizing a project is tough work! If it were easy it would have been
done already.

Edubuntu has had a tough life.  In the past there have been branding
issues, community support issues, and official issues.  This is not
criticism of Edubuntu.  Just a realization that in its history it has
broken a lot of new ground.  Whenever a project breaks new ground it
is going to discover new ways to make mistakes:)

FWIW, I think that you are doing a great breathing new life into a
dormant yet important project.

For that last 18 months I have worked with Sugar Labs to make it a
viable upstream for projects like edubuntu.  I have cause or at least
not realized until too late many of the same problems edubuntu has
faced.

My advice is to keep pushing, people are realizing the value of your
work.  Open source is about reputation.  As you build a reputation for
making good decisions and working hard to implement those decisions,
more and more people will stand behind you and help you.

I am an Ubuntu member, but no longer an active contributor. If you
ever need a mentor feel free to ping me either on or off list.

david

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Daniel Villarreal
<youcanlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ace,
> I can understand your putting in a lot of effort, and then being
> disappointed. It's easy to get discouraged. I have a new job as of last
> week, or I would have been more timely with following up on stuff. Please
> realize that everyone has different priorities... all we can do is try.
> Would you please try giving it a little more time ? I think you do real well
> at organization and it's not easy to get together with people, especially
> when everyone is all over the world. Remember that Europe is 7/8 hours ahead
> of us.
>
> Just think positive and everything will be allright!
>
> take care,
> Daniel Villarreal
> http://youcanlinux.com/
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Ace Suares <ace at suares.an> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> I have had no reactions to my mail about WikiSite, which I wrote on
>> request of laserjock since he had concerns.
>>
>> Currently my work on the wiki is on hold, which is frustrating at least.
>>
>> Since no one else reacted (in depth) on any issues regarding the wiki,
>> and only lasrerjock has clearly voiced concerns, I am not sure if I want
>> to keep working with Edubuntu as it seems the internal structure and
>> democracy is at least flaky.
>>
>> I don't really want to be another one who leaves a half-complete wiki
>> cleanup, but at least I can say I tried to discuss everything properly,
>> and it's not by lack of will or interest on my side that I would be
>> leaving to pursue other kinds of happiness.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ace
>>
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