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Re: Passiveness



Can I suggest that if there are enough of us at NEC weekend after this that
perhaps we can schedule a time for us to chat about this with Mary.
David

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From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 10:52 AM
Subject: Passiveness


> I had to add something more here, before I dissappear off to work.
>
> Neil, while I realize that it was an attempt to "douse the flames", I
> beleive your apology to Mary will get interpreted by her as some sort of
> vindication.  Nowhere did you say what was really going on, which was that
> she sent a hideously ambiguous request for reply, and then threw a hissy
> fit when nobody replied. (TWICE even!)  It will NOT encourage her to
> better communicate.  I think there will thus be another similar round
> later, and her thinking will be "I was RIGHT last time."  All we have done
> is postponed things.  And next round, now that we've exhausted Neil, Karen
> and myself, David will be "it".  Then we'll have to find more steering
> committee members to take it on.
>
> I don't even know if this is mutable, i.e. if we can actually change this
> into a positive working relationship with Mary.  She seems extremely set,
> and very negative whenever I've talked to her. I guess from that angle,
> maybe Neil was right, as long as we want her in the editor chair, the only
> thing we can do is appease her.  Clearly you guys know where I stand on
> issues like this, so I won't belabor the point.
>
>   - Erik
>
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> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
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