[OSGeo-Conf] The Funding Problem

[Dave Patton]

On 2008/10/06 8:44 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> I'm not sure exactly how to interpret Dave's email (which is ironic,
> no?) but I'll interpret it to mean he things I was being an ass too.

> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Dave Patton <davep at confluence.org> wrote:
>> On 2008/10/06 8:13 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>>> If the way I am communicating is stressful to you, I think it would
>>> be better than I shut up, than you leave.
>> When communicating via email, and when it is done
>> in English, which may not be everyone's native
>> language, what a person 'said'(wrote) in their
>> email may not be what is 'heard'(read). In fact,
>> that applies to native English speakers as well ;-)
>>
>> When someone sends an email to a mailing list, they
>> are in effect 'speaking to the room', not to any
>> specific individual. Replies are in effect 'to the
>> room' as well, and framing replies in general terms
>> may help communications. For example, if I send an
>> email to a list, a reply that starts with 'if someone
>> thinks that is a good idea' might be received better
>> than if the reply starts with 'if Dave thinks that
>> is a good idea'(i.e. I already know it's a good idea,
>> but other people might not see it that way :-)

See, Paul's response just proves the point :-)

I was, I thought, including some humor or
lightheartedness in my reply - I wasn't trying
to be ironic.

And, I wasn't suggesting that Paul was "being an ass".
I was aiming my comments 'at the room'. Paul and I both
speak English, live in the same city, etc., so if
things can 'get off track' this easily, it just
illustrates that we shouldn't take things personally :-)

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