Re: [Firebird-website] A few thoughts about (new) site structure, and some good news...

[Pavel C. <pc...@ib...>]

Carlos H. Cantu napsal(a):
> About logo, I'll put online a poll at FBNews about what users thinks
> about the currently logo, just to check people people opinion.

You're welcome. It doesn't hurt or anything.

> PC> 1. I'm sure that Helen would gladly leave this task from hell to
> PC> somebody else. But almost nobody in the project is capable to handle the
> PC> content, as almost everybody has english as second language. Helen
> PC> handles our materials (release notes, announcements, PR, web page
> PC> content, everything) for us from the beginning, and she does an
> PC> excellent job. Only candidate(s) that could potentially handle it is
> PC> someone from Documentation project (Paul?), so ask him/them if they're
> PC> interested to take this responsibility. Good luck fishing.
> 
> Helen is a very good writer and does this job very well, and I see no
> problem with she being kept as the site content supplier when needed.
> But there are 3 areas that "history" shows Helen is problematic:
> 
> - Many times, she is too aggressive with people, so I would not put
> her in any kind of job that requires "talking" with someone else.
> 
> - She is always right, and if you criticize anything that she have
> done, you will get in trouble.
> 
> - She is not open to changes, specially those changes that doesn't
> fit in what she think is correct, or doesn't fit in her way of doing
> things.
> 
> So, yes, Helen is a great writer, and she is very good in this task.

You know Carlos, e-mail is such a wonderful communication tool that
allows one to think twice before hitting the send button. You should try
that sometimes, especially as e-mails get archived for historical
records and everything. After this one, I would wonder if any project
member who *knows* Helen would ever take you seriously again.

best regards
Pavel Cisar