<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good morning<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As another observer who’s been watching from the sidelines in astonishment, FWIW let me say that I agree with Avri’s posts yesterday:</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I might add that I see no problem with continuing for a while with just</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">2 members in the SSC. That is one of the advantages of the SSC</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">requiring full consensus.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I’d let the SSC get on with its business with the two solid reps you’ve chosen. If people feel the universe absolutely requires us to have three, I'd give it a good rest and focus on other work to rebuild normality before trying.<br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">As an observer from the outside, I do not believe the process was</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">flawed, what was flawed was the lack of trust and the behavior of some</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">individuals. And no process is going to account for that.</span></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">IMO the only significant procedural flaw concerned transparency. The VC changing jobs was amenable to a quick fix and didn’t require him to leave. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for all the hyper-heated verbiage I’ve read in the past couple days, wow, yikes, holy cow, etc. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">If you really want to understand what went on, request an ombudsman</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">investigation to truly air all the dirty laundry so that you can start</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">process building with a clean slate and understanding of the fault lines. </span></blockquote></div><div class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="">I hate to say it but this might be advisable before trying again…if you could really agree on how to request and pursue it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck to us all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div></body></html>