Originally Posted by
bdschobel
I do not understand why telling the general membership what is going on within TalkBoard makes TalkBoard "look so poorly in the eyes of those of us on the outside." That conclusion is on you. There can be no doubt -- yes, this is a fact -- that one member (1) consistently votes long after everyone else has voted, thereby delaying implementation of various proposals, (2) missed one critical vote entirely (and this was explained in detail at the time) and (3) engages in extreme pedantry, forcing everyone else to act like obvious typos and the like are matters of great substance. If that behavior is acceptable to you, then more power to you. It is not acceptable to me, and I know that other TalkBoard members agree, whether or not they say so publicly. You may not like the fact that this matter became public, but I have little use for TalkBoard's secrecy in the first place. If our deliberations were public, then my attitude would be perfectly understandable to one and all.
I have no desire to pretend that everybody is getting along beautifully when that impression would be false. The truth is the truth.
Bruce
I have no desire to continue this back and forth, so I'll say one more thing and then you can have the last word.
We had a similar thing happen 3 years ago. A person waited to vote until the last day every vote because of a perceived slight.
Annoying? Yes. The end of the world? No. The voting period is only 2 weeks long.
And frankly, that's too long. It's 2015. Even travelers should be able to vote in a week. I said that before and was shouted down. I still think a week is enough.
I do think public complaining about a fellow TB member is unseemly, though, but like you said, that's on me.