Emergency contact

[John Vivirito]

Martin Meredith wrote:
> It seems of late that if someone is not around to respond to a
> first-time ping, then actions are taken without consulting them first.
> 
> I was a victim of this, and am now no longer hosting one of the
> floodbots (in fact, it was 2 at one point in LjL's absence)
> 
> Please note however, that you cannot expect someone to always be able to
> respond to pings a day later. I for example, had these pings in my log
> along with <foo> amount of other pings regarding !ops ... In these cases
> I'll generally just discard the pinglog.
> 
> After that, people decided to use "m e z" so as to not ping me, I'm
> assuming this is because they didn't want me part of the conversation
> anymore. yet, if they had highlighted me, I would have seen it. 
> 
> I personally, am quite happy to be highlighted at any time. I can always
> ignore it if I'm not around.
> 
> If I don't seem to be around and it's important, then please, feel free
> to email me - I will generally be able to pick up my email more often
> than not when I haven't got IRC.
> 
> If it's REALLY important - call me. Or send me an SMS. I'm quite happy
> for that to happen. My Number is available in many places - it only
> requires a little bit of looking, or, if you think you might need it,
> just ask me.
> 
> I will, at some point also be setting up an email address that will
> forward to my phone - this is likely to be mez+sms at ubuntu.com - I'll let
> you guys know when I have it setup.
> 
> But please, don't rely on IRC pinglogs for something that might be
> important. IRC is not the best medium for getting something across.
> 
I am unable to say exactly why they used m e z but most of time alot of
people including myself to avoid pinging someone that is busy so they
are not taken away from what they are doing. This is just a general way
to explain that part i use _ or * instead of spaces.

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246

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