On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>>>>>> "Josh" == Josh Gargus <josh at schwa.ca> writes:
> 
> Josh> If Randal had contacted him personally, he would probably have received
> Josh> these sorts of responses (these aren't direct quotes from Ken, who
> Josh> should correct me if they misrepresent him): "Do you even have the
> Josh> authority to ask me to take it down?"  "Who gives the board the
> Josh> authority to ask me to take it down?"  "Does one board member have the
> Josh> authority to ask me to take it down, or does it need to be a majority,
> Josh> or unanimous?"  "Is there a designated board member in charge of
> Josh> communications who should be the one to ask me to take it down?"  "Why
> Josh> hasn't the board written and posted rules about how it is supposed to
> Josh> handle these sorts of situations?"
> 
> My posting was spurred in part by a parallel conversation with "kbrown" on
> freenode#squeak on IRC, which seemed to be the same person posting as Ken
> Brown in email.
> 
> I admit that out of context, perhaps it looked out of place.


You're right.  I did read the IRC logs last night, and was clear that Ken had already reacted dismissively by the time you posted to squeak-dev, but forgot about it by the time I wrote the above message.  Sorry for my mischaracterization.

Cheers,
Josh


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