I Just Don't Get This. Seriously, I Don't/Admin.'s Apology

[Cindy C.]

Hey,

Heidi:

>However, from my participation on MEG, I do know 
> that at least one person on the list is Jewish, and I *suppose* that 
> the delay that Cindy feels she suffered may've had something to do 
> with the fact that the post that upset her was made at about 6pm on 
> Saturday (so Cindy couldn't've sent an email to the MEG list 
> complaining much before 6pm herself), and more than half the 48.5ish 
> hours between that moment and the moment that she complained onlist 
> were taken up by Shabbat and Yom Kippur, which is the holiest day of 
> the year. 

Mmmm, could be, could be.  

Debbie's note didn't mention the holiday as a factor in the failure to
reply to my off-list message about Amanda's posts, and no elf has
suggested to me off-list that the holiday had anything to do with it.
 Neither Heidi nor I can know what went on behind the scenes, I guess.  

But . . . if Amanda was genuinely unavailable due to the Jewish
Holiday, then I will deliver up a huge, slurping apology right here on
this list, because she would be entitled to it due to my religious
insensitivity.

In any event, the fact that one MEG is unavailable shouldn't preclude
one of the other 30 MEGs (those who were not observing the holiday)
from dropping a list member a note saying, "Hey, we got your message,
and we're working on a reply."  That seems only courteous under the
circumstances.  

> If it were me, I wouldn't assume that I'd get a reply to something 
> on a day when some of the people who ought to be part of the reply 
> were incommunicado for religious reasons. It's like expecting a 
> fully staffed help desk on Easter. 

An official and well-considered reply?  No.  An acknowledgement from
someone?  Yes.  

Again, I *know* how difficult it is to run this list.  On that, the
elves have my sympathy.  For what it is worth, I have now heard from
Amanda off-list on the merits regardomg her conduct -- we haven't
exactly had a meeting of the minds, but I appreciate her willingness
to engage with me -- we are discussing things, and with any luck at
all, we'll be able to resolve the sticky issues involved here.  

And the list will be better off for it, I hope.

Cindy