[Inpycon] On the nature of discussions

[Dhananjay Nene]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:51 AM, satyaakam goswami <satyaakam at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Dhananjay Nene <dhananjay.nene at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I must confess being a member of this mailing list for long and having
>> sensed a sense of horror and consternation when the quality of discussions
>> decidedly take a negative shift. What I would request is that we set up the
>> following ground rule :
>>
>> * All discussions (and especially direct attacks) must be entirely issue
>> based and non-personal. *
>
>
> fair enough
>
>
>> Of course personal attacks should be welcomed so long as they are
>> conducted directly between the mailboxes of the sender and the recipient in
>> a route completely bypassing this mailing list.
>>
>
> this will not  work will create more confusion , let it happen right here.
>

That was a tongue in cheek remark to suggest that personal attacks should be
kept off the list. (Should remember to add the smiley)

>
> This is a simple rule which in no way constrains us from having a good
>> quality of discussions.
>
>
> how can you say that without tasting one!!
>

Thats a useful rule I've seen applied in many other contexts.

>
>
>> Every personal attack is usually based on some set of issues which could
>> be assaulted directly. The benefit of going down this path is that it makes
>> people less defensive and less inclined to attack back simply due to the
>> personal nature of the original post.
>
>
> others can ignore, yes the art is to not to get entangled by being too
> personal and focus on the job on hand. you wont face the flank rather get
> support try once .
>
>
>> More importantly it focuses the discussion on the issues and not the
>> personalities. I not only believe but am completely confident, that this
>> will in no way constrain us from debating the issues that need to be
>> debated, and yet make way for a much more open, receptive, and a healthy
>> environment to discuss matters in. I had wanted to say this for months, but
>> really wasn't a participant so did not make it a point. However now that I
>> imagine I will be participating,
>
>
> corporate lingo wont work ... you need to tweak your lang a bit to suite
> the community.
>

Will try - but I am not sure that the community wouldn't be able to
understand it. Reprogramming (thats another lingo :) ) will take time,
though I will try.

>
>
>> I thought I would bring this up. This is entirely my individual view.
>>
>
> good you said that otherwise i thought you just changed list rules.
>
> -Satya
> ps: hope you will be better manager after this assignment :-)
>

Has generally been true after every one. The smiley of course is duly noted
:)

Dhananjay
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