Re: Apology to the community

Hello,

It has been brought to my attention a few times over the last year that
I have been over the top in my presentation of myself and have in fact
alienated and offended many of the community. To be honest I am unaware
of everything I have done but I do take the opinion of those who have
taken the time to point it out to me seriously. They have been peers,
friends, and community members, some of them for over a decade.

The last year has been very trying personally. If you wish to know
details, please email me directly. Although, I know that I can be a
difficult personality even at the best of times, I have always tried to
keep the communities best interest at heart. It is this past year, and
the trials associated that brought about, frankly what I would consider
some of the worst of who I am.

With that, I would like to apologize directly to this community that has
provided me with so much, not just professionally but personally.

Apologies,

JD
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It has been brought to my attention a few times over the last year that I
> have been over the top in my presentation of myself and have in fact
> alienated and offended many of the community. To be honest I am unaware of
> everything I have done but I do take the opinion of those who have taken the
> time to point it out to me seriously. They have been peers, friends, and
> community members, some of them for over a decade.
>
> The last year has been very trying personally. If you wish to know details,
> please email me directly. Although, I know that I can be a difficult
> personality even at the best of times, I have always tried to keep the
> communities best interest at heart. It is this past year, and the trials
> associated that brought about, frankly what I would consider some of the
> worst of who I am.
>
> With that, I would like to apologize directly to this community that has
> provided me with so much, not just professionally but personally.

does this mean we have to take down the "Joshua D. Drake" dartboard?

merlin

JD,

> With that, I would like to apologize directly to this community that has
> provided me with so much, not just professionally but personally.

Thank you for the apology.

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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:43:25AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It has been brought to my attention a few times over the last year
> that I have been over the top in my presentation of myself and have
> in fact alienated and offended many of the community. To be honest I
> am unaware of everything I have done but I do take the opinion of
> those who have taken the time to point it out to me seriously. They
> have been peers, friends, and community members, some of them for
> over a decade.
>
> The last year has been very trying personally. If you wish to know
> details, please email me directly. Although, I know that I can be a
> difficult personality even at the best of times, I have always tried
> to keep the communities best interest at heart. It is this past
> year, and the trials associated that brought about, frankly what I
> would consider some of the worst of who I am.
>
> With that, I would like to apologize directly to this community that
> has provided me with so much, not just professionally but
> personally.

I want to commend Joshua Drake for the honesty and transparency of his
comments above, and for its sentiments. Thank you, Josh.

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