On Thursday, April 18th, 2024 at 8:53 PM, Patrick Fitzgerald <patrickf@i-layer.com> wrote:
All,
Speaking as an individual, not as a board member:
Given the time zones that board has to work in, that we all have full-time jobs that require considerable attention to detail, plus some of us travel extensively, I think it is unreasonable to assume that all members of the board can drop everything, meet, discuss, and then present a united front to defend their actions.
You're absolutely 100% correct, and I will be the last who would question this. This might be a very good reason why the meetings which are allocated for handling the project's business should be spent with better care. Here again Richard's A. plan might work wonders. This is not to undermine you or anyone, just my 2C.
But there is a board meeting next Thursday. This will be discussed. Can everyone have the patience to wait until then?
Also not wrong, but you can't just throw around rocks at random in a window factory and expect nothing to break and everyone to just be "patient" with you.
Because every email that is added to this topic just adds more for the board to read in advance of discussion, andmakes the entire project appear more dysfunctional to be to everyone. You reap what you sow, and all that.
See my other two comments... I can't empathize with you on this one. Just as you said, "you reap what you sow".
The board meeting's dates and times are public, even though Richard, you've already stated that you won't attend, others might wish to.
I had to verify with a Board member to make sure that the next meeting's time was not set to the time it is set to (10pm for me, 5pm in CEST) just to avoid the better part of the audience to show up. They confirmed that this was set earlier and has nothing to do with the current situation, but this is just to show how much trust I have in the Board after all this.
Having said all that, we will get over this, learning and growing as a community.
You sound extremely optimistic. Almost cocky. Maybe you should start reading the mails. -- Br, A.