The current encoding is very difficult to parse. Please share your thoughts and feelings in alternative formats, aim for simplicity and honesty, holding respect for one another. I can't tell who is upset at who or what, and feel like verbosity obscures valuable insights, praises, skepticisms, critiques, and ideas. For instance, write some ideas as pages on the wiki, or a poem, or talk to another sudoer, or a trusted friend, or join everyone at the Wednesday meeting, or whatever works to simplify and preserve your individual unique and valuable perspectives! // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "Max Klein" <isalix(a)gmail.com> To: "Matthew Senate" <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Decode -- a sudo room community call to action Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 18:28 Can you explain a bit more what a decoding of our email list would look like? For instance, is it replying to the orginal message and saying "I understand your email means [summary of contet]"? Is it spawning a separate thread discussing giving analysis on the back-and-forth, saying "in that previous thread I read sudoer1 becoming offendend by sudoer0's message"? I like your idea of giving some interpretation, and would like to know your vision for how exactly it would manifest. -notconfusing. On 21 November 2013 13:54, Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hey all, At last night's meeting I shared that many recent threads on the email list and off-list have made me feel hurt emotionally. I get the impression that there is a feeling of a lack of resolution, and that major issues get left ignored to fester. I need help--I want to ask sudoers to decode our communications to get closer to core issues that we can learn to address to improve as a community to perform our values https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Values I have reached out to find resources to help us grow emotionally and socially over the coming months, and I encourage others to do the same. // Matt p.s. For some time, I was burnt out on the sudo-discuss email list. In the space, on frustrated occasions, I spouted verbal negativity about the list and how I felt derailment, non-sequitur, and miscommunication promoted further negativity and did not reflect sudo's values. However, I realized this isn't how I feel about the sudo-discuss list. I have always felt it is necessary to embrace our online communications--and community--as much as any other contributing element or energy in sudo room. For this reason, it is even more crucial that I extend my personal appreciation, offer vindication for any time (all cycles) spent on sudo room, and remind myself publicly that our discussion list is a core component to running a creative community and hacker space. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss