[OSGeo-Conf] The Funding Problem

[Paul Ramsey]

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.
And it seems a good rule that if more than one person thinks I'm being
an ass, then I am being an ass.

Sorry Markus, I was being an ass.

Paul

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 :-)
>
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