[CREATE] limit of tolerance [was: Pitching a community-funded conference]

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 10:16 +0800, Jon Phillips wrote:
> I second this sentiment. Please move personal discussions, personal
> disputes offlist and let us focus on the immediate critical problem:
> raising money.

Please note that the GIMP project was the largest sponsor for last
year's LGM. We donated $10.000 to the fund that was used to pay for
everyone's travel expenses, not only for GIMP developers.

So to get back to the critical problem of raising money: If Robin Rowe
is given the chance to continue his bad-mouthing by giving him a chance
to raise money for LGM, then I could imagine that the GIMP developers
would decide to discontinue their support for the Libre Graphics
Meeting.

It's correct that we shouldn't have personal disputes on this list, but
it would be a good idea to also respect people's opinions and feelings.
Dave Neary had this in mind when he suggested that Robin is not
considered for this. Manish only explained the reasons and I don't think
that he exaggerated.


Sven