response 128 of 186:

Dec 4 07:49 UTC 2003

Speaking as a former board member, former staff member, and occasional lurker
on the staff mailing list, I'm disapointed about how this was handled. 
Jamie's aproach to senidng out the mail was probably wrong, but this was the
case of a known reasonable person who presumably could have been talked to,
rather than jumped on like a vandal.  In fairness to the staff members
involved, this does appear to have been largely a case of miscommunication.

I do hope Jamie gets elected, although I'm not a member at the moment and thus
can't vote for him.  I don't agree with Jamie on a lot of stuff, but I think
he would bring a different perspective to the board that would be quite
useful.

I'm also particularly mistified about the venom with which Eric (other) has
been going after Jamie and others who he disagrees with.  Eric used to be
quite a nice guy, so I'm not sure what's changed in the last few years.  At
this point, whenever I read Eric's comments I find myself really wishing I
hadn't.