Farewell, Chief Delphi.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by JVN

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Folks/John,

I think that John's message is useful and interesting; but off-target at this moment.

When I reviewed several months of CraigHickman posts, I did not see any reason for him to have received unusual flak over any of the recent ones.

However, he tells us that he did receive recent private messages that he felt were degrading and/or "assaults" from 10 or more separate people; some of whom he had "looked up to" before the recent exchanges. Think about it: 10 separate people saw fit to recently send him harshly critical messages rather than write public posts that would have expressed their viewpoints with equal vehemence or perhaps more civilly.

Dang - That sounds like the problem that needs to be addressed - Hopefully those 10 folks will read some of KathieK's advice (and John's too while they are at it).

Craig could air that dirty laundry by posting the contents of those messages publicly, and then see the lid really blow off the pot as people both take sides in the "debates" that ensue, and become worried about FIRST's public image being tarnished because CD members occasionally light a few flames.

Instead he seems to have taken into account that people are often more upset that a problem is made public than they are about the problem existing; and so has decided to move on.

Like I said, John's advice is worth remembering, but for me it doesn't line up well with my perception of this situation.

Blake
PS: No, I don't think that we should grab pitchforks and torches, and then go find those 10 other people.