On 9/7/05, Henry Towsner <henryt@...> wrote:
> You outlined one scenario which consisted entirely of things that Jason
> did.
I disagree.
> You say Jason "should have been more cooperative with the MST." You've
> clarified that the act of disagreeing with the MST was not a failure to
> cooperate. You've clarified that it wasn't by failing to Dale to do
> something that Jason failed to cooperate. I'm at a loss here--what was
> Jason actually supposed to do to cooperate with the MST?
*Respectfully* disagreeing with the MST is not a failure to cooperate,
but at least initially, there wasn't a lot of respect going either
direction there. That changed the playing field, and put an onus on
everyone who showed disrespect to go out of their way to make up for
it. I don't think Jason did so. I happen to think the same is true of
the other participants, but they weren't the subject of this appeal.
> Similarly, you say he should have done more to deal with his ADST.
> Besides directing Mike not to comment, sending a polite e-mail to Alex
> trying to calm the conversation, and asking Mike's CC to look into an
> e-mail Mike sent to a public list, what should Jason have done?
Asked Mike to step away from the whole situation, not just in the
database. Make it clear to Alex that he had done so, and follow up on
any further activity by mike. Actually apologized for the rudeness
rather than move on as if it wasn't rude at all. Ask Mike's CC to look
into the rudeness, including the comments on the DB, not just the
single email copied to the public list.
Note that I'm not saying that all of this would have been done down to
the last detail in order to avoid disciplinary action, or that these
actions would be the only way to avoid disciplinary action, but they
are an example of how it could have been handled better.
--=20
Wes Contreras, US2002022038
US National Coordinator
cam.usnc@...
http://www.camarilla.us/