[Chicago] ChiPy Organizers Meeting

[Daniel Peters]

And for the record, its a poisonous situation where several individuals
submit honest concerns in what purports to be a transparent forum and are
told they are "extremely negative" and "complaining".  The email Brian
Curtin got was pretty weak.  And frankly I'm not surprised.  Brain Ray was
equally dismissive and contemptuous at the last meeting when I confronted
him about telling Peter Fein he was in danger of "defamation".  I believe
the word he used then was "cowards" (and it was in reference to both Peter
Fein and Brian Curtain).  I recognize that bridges are being burnt here but
do yourself a favor, who ever reads this, go through the archive and grep
for how many times Brain Ray say "off list".  It doesn't have to be this
way.  This has devolved into a sad, petty embarrassment.


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Just as a point of information Brian Curtain, do you write this as a
> ChiPy,
> > in the interest of the Python Foundation, in the interest of Rackspace or
> > for some other reason.  Yogi was being motivational and talking about
> > winning as a team.  Yogi was a character but one who found a way to work
> and
> > play with others and help them win.  Not sure at all what all the
> sniping at
> > Brian Ray is about or the politics or organizational disagreements are.
> > Just as I have studied Python but in a much less structured fashion this
> > last year I have also studied the concepts of open software and open
> > government.  I am hoping we can all find a way to be open and work and
> play
> > to make each other winners.
>
> I post as an individual. When I represent foundation business, I state
> it. If I was representing Rackspace, I would state it, and I'd do the
> writing from my company email.
>
> I'm very, very familiar with Yogi Berra. I was a catcher through
> college, and I think I even have a copy of The Yogi Book somewhere
> around here. I know the tone of the email that the image was in
> response to.
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