[HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Now I'm Just Ranting, So Indulge Me This One Time And I Will Stop

[cindysphynx]

Hey,
 
But almost regardless of that, Cindy, the most relevant bit of your 
email to meg seems to me to be 'maybe once things have settled down...'


Yes, but when I wrote that, I did not mean that things have to settle
down on MEG under someone else's future definition.  I wasn't writing a
contract.  I was just indicating that this was not to be a permanent
departure, that I was not angry, that I was not burning my bridges, that
I was not slamming the door on the way out.  And I had no reason at all
to believe I had to guard my back and write with fine precision at that
point with my friends on MEG.
 
As for whether things have "settled down," well . . . I guess it doesn't
matter.  The decision stands, there's nothing to be done, and that's it.

 
Also, while I may be mixing my dates a bit, if you truly thought that 
you couldn't lead the faq team without being on meg, why did you offer 
to take on/continue leadership of the faq list knowing that there would 
at least be a period until things settled down when you wouldn't be on 
meg?


For the record, I didn't offer to lead the FAQ list.  I offered to work
on a few FAQs, and the facilitators wrote back telling me to run with it
and asking me to let them know if I need anything.  
 
Anyway, that is a fair question, and the answer is very simple.  
 
I believed that I could return anytime, for reasons I have explained.  
 
I then volunteered to assist the FAQ list, believing I could return
anytime.  I figured I'd have a cordial working relationship with MEG,
and I wouldn't need to be on MEG to keep track of things.
 
For a while, I could find out information about policy decisions that
impacted the FAQ list from MEG friends, as folks were quite friendly and
forthcoming with that information.  Indeed, I had a lengthy off-list
with the two facilitators about certain issues of autonomy between MEG
and the FAQ list.  This worked fine for a time, but I heard there was
some, er, irritation that I was asking too many questions, and I was
told that MEG policy was none of my business because I was not on MEG.
MEG also tightened up confidentiality so that MEGs were admonished not
to discuss policy with me.  So I figured I'd better just return, keep
track of what was going on, and speak up when FAQ-related issues arose.
 
Had I known MEG would decide to change the policy retroactively, I
wouldn't have left when I did.  Obviously.  
 
 

I agree with abigail - I think that your work steering things here was 
quite helpful to the team genesis regardless of your nonmeg status, and 
I think things would've been fine if you'd continued in that vein, but 
of course, you have the right to choose to do what's good for you.


 
Yep.  I think that's about where things stand.
 
Cindy


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