Re: push back on negative articles

["Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>]

Hey Bruce,

Unfortunately, Thursday's packed for me - I'm actually 9 months pregnant,
so between doctor's appointments and calls that I've tried to schedule for
these last weeks, a number of my days have really filled up. If email
works for you just as well, I think it would be easier. And there's the
added benefit that I can send some of the questions to other GNOME people
if it makes more sense for them to answer them to make for a better story
:)

Otherwise, I'm more free on Friday so we can definitely work something out.

thanks again for your interest in this!
karen

On Mon, August 20, 2012 9:17 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> Hi, Karen:
>
> How is your time on Thursday? I'm available 10am-6pm Pacific time I
> suggest
> spending 30-40 minutes on the phone. We could also do chat, or I could
> send
> you questions by email, but the phone is probably the least effort for
> you.
>
>
> On Monday, August 20, 2012 12:55:09 PM Karen Sandler wrote:
> > On Mon, August 20, 2012 3:04 pm, Stormy Peters wrote:
> > > Hi Bruce,
> > >
> > > Thanks for reaching out!
> > >
> > > We'd definitely like to take you up on your and talk to you. Maybe
> > Karen
> > > or
> > > Sri would be the right person? (Karen, Sri?) Or Allan Day?
> >
> > Hi Bruce,
> >
> > I'd love to talk to you! (as always) Perhaps we can do that with Sri or
> > Allan, if they'd like too? :)
> >
> > I second Stormy's sentiment - thanks for reaching out.
> >
> > karen
> >
> > > Stormy
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Bruce Byfield <bbyfield axion net>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > > Negative articles? Are you kidding?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Because I mention what many people in the community are saying? What
> > > > some
> > > > GNOME developers are saying?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If I didn't care what was happening in the free software community, I
> > > > wouldn't have written the article in the first place. I would be
> > doing a
> > > > poor job as a journalist, and doing nothing for the community if I
> > only
> > > > reported on the happy things and ignored the problems.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That said, if anyone cares to engage in a responsible conversation
> > about
> > > > GNOME's current state and how the project is being received, you're
> > > > welcome
> > > > to get in touch. I can't guarantee publication of the result -- that
> > is
> > > > ultimately up to my editors -- but I would certainly be interested in
> > > > writing an article that accurately reflects opposing views. I don't
> > have
> > > > to
> > > > agree with a position to think that it's worth letting other people
> > > > hear.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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