[ubuntu-art] Goodbye

[Ryan Prior]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
> There's not much a of a reason left for this "team", not much, if anything,
> to actually collaborate on. The current round of wallpapers was a ray of
> hope and might even lead to good results, but is rather a disaster regarding
> management and communication.

Thorsten, thank you for writing this e-mail - it shows me that you are
a good team member even while leaving.

If one poisonous person is derailing the productivity of this entire
group, and I think it's a fair assessment, then that is precisely the
sort of problem that Jono and others will want to help resolve. Don't
be discouraged - Canonical staff and Ubuntu's many leaders regularly
put time aside to deal with community issues and I have confidence
that they will be able to help you.

I have been consistently impressed by the quality of work posted to
this list, to the extent that I've been intimidated to ever put much
effort into any contributions of my own, as I have never studied or
practiced art and my skill and self-confidence are both lacking.
However, it's been a joy watching collaboration unfold here and I want
you all to know that I really appreciate what you do and still hope
that I will be able to make contributions to this team. So although
most of you probably don't recognize me and I don't really have much
stake in what goes on here, I want to offer to do what I can to
salvage this team and clear the way for future successes.

Thanks,
Ryan