[bksvol-discuss] Re: About The Chat Room Problem
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:25:27 -0500
Monica,
I have never had a problem with anyone named Jim, so you evidently have me
mixed up with someone else. There is more than one Sue on bookshare. Just
as there is more than one Moonica. I have never heard from you about anyone
named Jim.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:34 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: About The Chat Room Problem
Sue, my comments about my frustration with the scanning session were
about a different person and were made to you off-list in a private
message. You couldn't have known that we weren't talking about the
same person, so I can see your point. Though I was pretty angry with
him, I don't think I mentioned his name to you, though I do know who
he is. You are right to point out that I should not have commented
on his behavior to you at all, and I resolved the situation with him
directly after I emailed you. I am learning how to resolve conflict
with others and am finding that it is so easy to misread a person's
intentions.
As I tried to express last night, Linda has every right to comment on
her experiences at the chat room. I was attempting to provide an
alternative view to her description of what took place, not to say
that she can't express an opinion. I found the responses to her
comments to be disturbing more than what Linda said. I could have
chosen to ignore the thread of messages, and maybe I should
have. What has prompted me to say something is the fact that Brian
Collins is a new Bookshare member and joined our lists last week. He
is also signed up as a new volunteer. I believe that allowing these
comments to continue without presenting another viewpoint would leave
Brian vulnerable in a one-down position in terms of getting help with
learning to work with Bookshare and in finding people to validate his
scans. Maybe none of this will matter in the long run. I don't have
a crystal ball and can't see into the future. I just know that if I
were new here, I'd feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, especially if no
one was willing to suggest that I'd been misunderstood.
Monica Willyard
At 09:03 AM 7/12/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Monica,
>
>You were down on him after a meeting on scanning, I recall, and I got a bad
>impression of him because of what you said to me. So do you really have
>the
>right to criticize Linda for something you yourself did? At that time, I
>went by what you said. Are you perhaps being a bit self-righteous just
>because you have evidently gotten to know him?
>
>Sent with a smile,
>
>Sue S.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:28 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] About The Chat Room Problem
>
>
>Fellow Booksharians, I am disappointed in your response to this
>thread and how it has spread. I know you don't usually jump to
>conclusions about people. Neither Cindy, Dilsia, nor Elizabeth were
>present, and yet several people have taken their messages to heart
>and are roasting a man for saying something that they did not hear
>themselves. I respect Linda's feelings and opinion, though I do not
>share it. Brian's comments have been taken out of context, were not
>shared in their entirety, and no one has even asked anyone else
>present at the chats to clarify this. His comments were made in
>response to a question asked about using live transcription in the
>chat room so our hearing-impaired friends could be part of the chat
>as it's happening. I know Brian personally, and I know that while he
>is sometimes hasty to speak his mind, he is not a person who bashes
>blind people or who thinks blind people can't type quickly. He is
>blind himself, and one of his hot buttons is fighting stereotypes
>such as the misguided belief that all blind people can tune pianos,
>do transcription, or play music like Ronnie Milsap. I have never
>heard Brian say that blind people cannot hold down jobs or be part of
>the world. By the same token, he is a direct person somewhat like
>Elizabeth and will say what he thinks plainly. He will gladly
>explain what he's thinking if you ask for clarification and sometimes
>doesn't fully realize that he's been misunderstood. He is also a
>person who will quickly change his behavior if he knows he's
>offending someone and does often admit and apologize when he's
>wrong. He may not be your cup of tea, and yet he isn't an evil
>trolling worm as he has been called on this list. Because of these
>things, I would appreciate it if people would take what they hear
>second hand from the chats with a big grain of salt and/or attend the
>chats when possible. You might conclude that Brian is as much of a
>jerk as has been written here, or you might find a pleasant surprise
>by meeting a person who has an unique perspective on the
>world. Either way, you'll know for sure what is being said and why.
>
>Monica Willyard
>
>At 04:12 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
> >It sounds to me as if his disability is mental.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >or what his
> > > disability might be. Sounds
> > > silly.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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