A plea for civility

[Scott Evans]

On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 14:19 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I've been reading most of the discussion over the last few days with a
> heavy heart.  What we're doing at the moment is proving that the LoCo
> council were right to deny us re-approval.
> 
> I beg everyone who has posted over the last week to make a concerted
> effort:
>       * to see the best in other people
>       * NOT to be offended when others don't see the best in you
>       * to make suggestions that are reasonable
>       * NOT to be offended when others don't see your suggestions as
>         reasonable
>       * to do things which bring our community together
>       * NOT to call attention to those actions which pull our
>         community apart
>       * to suggest good ideas and make positive steps to see them
>         become reality
>       * to applaud and congratulate others when they have good ideas
>       * NOT to seek credit or desire applause for your own good ideas
>       * to re-read the Ubuntu Code of Conduct
>         (http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct) and think about how
>         you can better live up to it
>       * NOT to point out (or even notice) when others are not meeting
>         the code of conduct
>       * to be patient with slow, incremental progress
>       * to disagree with others only where absolutely necessary, and
>         do it off-list, and respectfully
> Perhaps a way to summarise all of the above would be:
>      1. Do the right thing
>      2. Reward those who do the right thing with your attentiveness
>         and support
>      3. Ignore those who are doing the wrong thing
> There won't be progress towards re-approval without everyone putting
> their hurt feelings and egos in the back seat for the good of the
> community.
> 
> Regards,
> Paul
> 


It is for this exact reason I've kept quite today! firstly, making sure
that what I felt is correct and the best approach, clearly some disagree
with me, I did expect this as after all we are all Human and we do think
differently! So I'm a sponge for information and I've had a few emails
directed at me offering their thoughts/advice towards my conduct over
the last few days. I'm not aiming for an "ego trip" or the keys to the
asylum! I just want something to start working with, So I'd like the IRC
meeting to be treated as a "Brainstorm" not a this is what "I" want
thing. We need to establish the goals of what/who we are to be before we
can decide how take on the task.

I totally agree that /Ego's/Anger/Whatever/ have no future place in this
type of discussion...  

As I used to say to the people I managed there's no I in TEAM ;)

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