<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.3"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 14:19 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> 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: <UL> <LI>to see the best in other people <LI>NOT to be offended when others don't see the best in you <LI>to make suggestions that are reasonable <LI>NOT to be offended when others don't see your suggestions as reasonable <LI>to do things which bring our community together <LI>NOT to call attention to those actions which pull our community apart <LI>to suggest good ideas and make positive steps to see them become reality <LI>to applaud and congratulate others when they have good ideas <LI>NOT to seek credit or desire applause for your own good ideas <LI>to re-read the Ubuntu Code of Conduct (<A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct</A>) and think about how you can better live up to it <LI>NOT to point out (or even notice) when others are not meeting the code of conduct <LI>to be patient with slow, incremental progress <LI>to disagree with others only where absolutely necessary, and do it off-list, and respectfully </UL> Perhaps a way to summarise all of the above would be: <OL TYPE=1> <LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1>Do the right thing <LI TYPE=1 VALUE=2>Reward those who do the right thing with your attentiveness and support <LI TYPE=1 VALUE=3>Ignore those who are doing the wrong thing </OL> 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 </BLOCKQUOTE> 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 <IMG SRC="cid:1273986246.2672.11.camel@scott-desktop" ALIGN="middle" ALT=";)" BORDER="0"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Scott Evans VK7HSE Phone: +61362291658 Mobile: +61417586157 Skype: vk7hse <A HREF="mailto:scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org">scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org</A> <A HREF="http://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org">http://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org</A> PGP/GPG Key ID 2B8CA152 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>