Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:47:25 05/06/99
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On May 07, 1999 at 02:19:00, Micheal Cummings wrote: >I think to run away and sulk after just one incident is childish. So people who >leave over one incident is just stupid. But if there has been a consistent abuse >and not enough has been done about it, then fine say you want to leave. > >I just think that the whole Rob Hyatt thing went to far. If the current three >moderators emailed him and said mistakes were made, and invite him back then I >think everything would be fine. AFAIK this has already happened. >To me even if you do not mean the words saying them will do fine. This does not >involve begging, what is so hard. Let me right an example of what you could send >him. If you don't mean the words, you shouldn't say them. Anyone who does is lying, plain and simple. Perhaps you don't mind being lied to. I do. >Dear Bob, > >Mistakes have been made on both parts, and we have let our emotions and feelings >cloud this issue. We would greatly appriciate it if you would join us in CCC >once again were you have been a great asset to the forum. > >We promise to take abuse given to you more strickly with moderation of those >types of posts, we cannot assure you that mistakes will not happen again, but >just to let you know that they are mistakes and nothing more. > >Regards > > >NOW tell me would something like that be so hard, and if bob did not want to >come back after reading something like that then I think it is a lost cause, >because he would be the one not wanting to settle the matter. Bob is not just the great poobah for everyone to ask advice from. He has a family, a job, and generally speaking a life outside of the CCC (though I would not go so far as to say a life outside of "that computer chess-shit". ;-) If he decides he doesn't want to show up for a while, or forever, that is his call. If such a request is made of Bob, and he decides not to return, it shouldn't be held against him. It is possible to ask too much of someone. Frankly, I don't think it really matters if the moderators request him to come back or not, but in any event Will said that they had already hashed out some differences with him in email. IMO, such a request would have negligable impact: Bob will return when Bob feels like it, and not sooner. It looks like Bob actually felt like it, until this latest incident. While I'm on this "people posting when they feel like it" theme, let's consider Chris Whittington. You don't hear a squeak from him for long periods of time, but he's almost always around to kick in his two cents and stir the pot when things get "juicy". :-) It's a rather amusing habit to me, personally speaking, but anyway it's just another example of the phenomenon. >So moderators, the three of you, send something like that to him and just settle >this whole thing. > >And instead of giving more excuse just write to him again, and write something >that will not cause any conflict. Dave
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