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[David J Patrick]

On 29/10/06, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Well, I thought the location was certain, then it went
> uncertain, so I instantly started looking for
> alternates,
I'm sorry if it looked like I would pull the plug on a whim, I see how
that would shake your planning, but honestly thought, with the
enthusiasm expressed here, that under half a dozen confirmed attendees
was highly unlikely, and might serve to shake a little commitment
outta the crowd. As a result of this, I'm revising my approach to
holding workshops at the caffe. I do hope we can work together on
this, even if you decide to hold this one elsewhere.

> Flaw with all of the above is no cable TV, otherwise
> they are all more-or-less comparable in terms of
> available space, power, high speed Internet...
I might even be able to cadge cable from the neighbours upstairs...
just need to know what the plan is.
>
> What happened
> here today was there seemed to be a change in
> mid-stream where assumptions that I had though were
> very safe assumptions turned out to be dead wrong, a
> situation that went over very badly with me.
again, my apologies if I seemed to be ready to pull the rug out from
under you. The whole workshop thing needs to be revised and
formalised.
> A third fairly minor issue was the use
> of "linuxcaffe event; MythTV workshop", this was to be
> an event at Linuxcaffe, until I get put on the
> Linuxcaffe payroll this is not an event owned by
> Linuxcaffe as is implied by the above title.
Yes, I see your point here, too, Colin, and I don't think it a minor
one, at all. We're just used to our calendar calling any event
scheduled at linuxcaffe a "linuxcaffe event" and it was not intended
to claim ownership of anything. Thank you for raising this. Who's
event would this be ? Who's the "Producer" ? In future, I will be sure
to refer to something like this as "event at linuxcaffe" unless we are
producing the event.

 In other
> words, while David Patrick can do what he wants with
> Linuxcaffe, the way things were handled today felt to
> me like a slap in my face.
Colin, I'm truly sorry and mortified. It was in no way intended as
such and, in retrospect, I can see clearly how my actions could be
interpreted as you did. Although I am sure to blunder and offend
elsewhere, I will try and learn from this one.
I remain at your service,
David J Patrick

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