[ga] Re: [off-list] Re: [atlarge-discuss] role of voting

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

Don't the words "off-list" in a subject header mean anything to you, 
Richard?  What you are replying to in public here was a _private_  
reply to a message from a different mailing list. Please keep  
private discussions private in the future.

On 2002-05-29 17:47:30 +0100, Richard Henderson wrote:

>In a free society, anyone can release information, points of view, 
>whatever they darned well like to the press - and they are not  
>obliged to consult anyone else at all. Why should they? If an  
>individual thinks it's helpful to tell someone else (like you)  
>that's THEIR business.

>I often issue press releases. Why would I want to inform you 
>first?

Where did I say that I expect to be _consulted_?  Where did I say 
that I want to be informed _first_?  

The one thing I have asked James for (and I actually believe that he 
and I don't even disagree about this any more) is a _copy_ of any  
_press_ _releases_ he may make _concerning_ _the_ _GA_ vote.  

I don't want to know what he talks in private background talks.  I 
don't want to know what he tells individual reporters.  

However, when a press release concerning the GA goes out to a whole  
bunch of journalists, I'd like to have a little advance warning 
before these journalists start grilling me with their questions. 
It's that simple.

(As an alternative, one could also send a copy of such press  
releases to the GA mailing list - courtesy would dictate that  
anyway.)

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Thomas Roessler                          http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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