Lorks! Jolyon - that was not my intention at all - I simply scanned the room for someone involved in the list and you were the only one I could see who was. It was not at all intended to be malign, and I must say I am completely shocked that you were offended by it. <div>
<br></div><div>I was also simply pointing out the existence of the list as I had been asked to do. </div><div><br></div><div>Jolyon was not problematic in the launch and has never been problematic in launches - but Malcolm had been looking forward to meeting you he told me afterwards but it slipped his mind to ask after you, and you never came up. And as you say, you have always been extra helpful on the list. </div>
<div><br></div><div>*Wow* <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/13 Jolyon Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsmith@deltics.co.nz">jsmith@deltics.co.nz</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I might have dismissed the comments as tongue in cheek too had Richard
simply added a “just kidding” to the end of his comments. But he didn’t, and as
it was I felt he left the room with the impression that I was genuinely
unfriendly and unhelpful, which given that he was – presumably – trying to
encourage greater participation on the list seemed a bizarre approach to take in
the first place.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">A colleague observed to me afterward that Richards comments were
“totally uncalled for. And very stupid from a guy like him”, so I wasn’t the
only one that felt that a bad impression of me had been unfairly conveyed.</span></p>
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