Let's Put the Professionalism back in Gracious Professionalism

[Graham Donaldson]

First, to Katy: THANK YOU for bringing this topic up. Nothing can be improved if we don't know what to improve upon. Stating grievances/problems/concerns/issues in a professional, level-headed, unbiased manner, should, in my opinion, be encouraged and applauded- not attacked. A negative comment may be directed at you/your team/whatever, but that doesn't mean you should take it as an insult. It's constructive criticism. It is something to improve upon. The best companies ask the people who work for them what to improve on. Members of CD and the FIRST community, I should hope we are not afraid to voice our concerns to the world.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm not quite understanding this post/thread.

To begin with, I don't understand how this post is anonymously coauthored. Katy has posted this/started this thread and Katy is the one who will receive the responses.

The second thought that comes to mind is that this is obviously a post that has some concerns but I don't understand what the concerns are. There are generalities but no specifics that I can grasp and that may be why I'm somewhat confused.

Second, to Jane: [to be read in an explanatory tone, not offended]

In terms of the anonymous co-author-ing, as I read it, it meant that someone sent a message to Katy that proposed the issue, asking her to post it since she was a senior member, and they were a junior member afraid of getting slammed. As for co-authoring, my guess would be that Katy added a little to it. At least that's how I interpreted it.

I interpreted the post as intending to be a general discussion about how people are afraid to post their concerns. A possible reason that we can't find any specifics is that there are no specifics (because members are afraid to post them). I'm sure some are somewhere, though...