Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Fwd: Proposal: Hire or Replace Me as Omni's Bookkeeper

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 8:24 PM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote: To be fair, what I heard at last week's meeting was less of a hard block (eg "I will never agree to this") and more of a soft block (eg "we need more time to talk about this"). And it wasn't clear to me whether Julian was representing Julian's self or just trying to be a responsible delegate and represent Steve's strong feelings. A bit of both, I guess. But even if we assume good faith, I'd expect more of an effort to seek conversation and understanding. I think we had reasonable answers to every concern Julian brought up, but haven't heard any response, even a week later: * Julian says they were suspicious of the timing, and we explained how your proposal was prompted by a conversation about GCEA, in a totally non-sinister way * Julian talked about the dangers of "permanent changes" to Omni's culture, but we explained how hiring an independent contractor for a finite timeline is not at all permanent * Julian talked about this being some kind of "power grab" but wasn't able to explain how this proposal gives you any more power at all (it doesn't IMO) * Julian said we could find someone else, but didn't seem to offer any actual help in doing so * Julian seemed to be under the impression that this is a non-urgent thing with no immediate deadline, but we listed a bunch of urgent tax-related deadlines coming up Meanwhile I haven't seen Steve at any delegates meetings all year, nor has he responded to this email thread. I think we should take blocks more seriously, and people who say "I block" really should show up to the metaphorical table to represent themselves.