Stepping down from the IRC team

[Martin Meredith]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:57:13AM +0100, Martin Meredith wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> Over the last few months, my interactions with the rest of the team seem to be
> moving along the path where I no longer feel that I can be a part of the IRC
> team any longer.  The current attitude within the team feels to me to be an
> elitist one, and that every comment, every action is scrutinised and jumped upon
> if it's not the "one true path".
> 
> I rarely talk anymore within the Ubuntu Ops channel, as anytime I have done,
> I'm made to feel as if I've done something wrong.
> 
> I believe myself to be a good operator, and I tend to try and do things in a
> different way to the rest of the team, trying to mediate, rather than just to
> kick and ban.  However, I feel that I no longer have (and possibly never have had)
> the rest of the team behind my actions.
> 
> For this, and the general disillusionment and disenchantment that I feel within
> the team, I respectfully step down from my position as operator.
> 

I have removed myself from the team, and removed my rights for all channels
except for #ubuntu-uk and #ubuntu-backports.