To the Rondo community (again):
As some of you might have noticed, I posted a long and very difficult post this morning, vacating the Best Writer category because of all the controversy and bad blood, some of it directed at me and the Rondo Awards. It seemed the best thing to do was have "no winner" this year.
But an even better solution, and one I had hoped for, was happening at the same time.
Had I received this earlier, there would have been no need for the action I took. And since the Web can be such a time-shifting and living thing, I do think this is the best solution for all, and best allows everyone to move on. Anytime I can move from an ugly atmosphere of attack and counter-attack to a compromise of respect and solutions, that's going to be my choice.
I'm also going to say this, and this is not part of any negotiation or agreement. I'm saying this on my own:
The Rondo Rules are ambiguous and even contradictory at times, and it confused Sam Borowski, me and others. I will try to fix that next year, to avoid anything like this happening again.
But I have just received Sam Borowoski's 'withdrawal' statement, and I will post that next.
david
As some of you might have noticed, I posted a long and very difficult post this morning, vacating the Best Writer category because of all the controversy and bad blood, some of it directed at me and the Rondo Awards. It seemed the best thing to do was have "no winner" this year.
But an even better solution, and one I had hoped for, was happening at the same time.
Had I received this earlier, there would have been no need for the action I took. And since the Web can be such a time-shifting and living thing, I do think this is the best solution for all, and best allows everyone to move on. Anytime I can move from an ugly atmosphere of attack and counter-attack to a compromise of respect and solutions, that's going to be my choice.
I'm also going to say this, and this is not part of any negotiation or agreement. I'm saying this on my own:
The Rondo Rules are ambiguous and even contradictory at times, and it confused Sam Borowski, me and others. I will try to fix that next year, to avoid anything like this happening again.
But I have just received Sam Borowoski's 'withdrawal' statement, and I will post that next.
david
