<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Simon Poole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch" target="_blank">simon@poole.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Given that you singled me out, I believe i should respond despite my<br>
better judgement telling me that it likely not going to bring this<br>
thread back to a reasoned discussion.<br>
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As to all the things you accused me off, I would suggest simply going<br>
back and rereading my contributions simply at face value without over<br>
interpreting the contents. I do apologize for being rather grumpy about<br>
the way I was quoted in Kathleens mail, I assume it was just an honest<br>
mistake.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've also been contacted by people (privately and publicly) saying that my reading of things was a cultural misinterpretation. If so I apologize. However, I do believe that it's important for leadership to be more careful on topics like this, and more welcoming to people, particularly around topics of diversity and inclusiveness.</div><div><br></div><div>-Randy </div></div></div></div>