Consider unsubscribing from the mailing lists but staying on the board. You have a lot of experience and we selected you for board for that reason. The day to day operation of inkscape can be handed to fresher people. Don't try to do everything - that's how smart people usually fail.

njh On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 04:51:56PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote: > Hello all, > I'm considering stepping down, resigning from Inkscape's board. > > For the past months, I've lacked the motivation to spend enough time on > board matters. It's been a disappointing (in myself) experience. > > Moreover, recently, although there were fun moments, they are > overshadowed by a number of very negative experiences on the > maillist/community and I want to be able to stop reading the maillist > and just pull the plug for a while. Also, already not having/spending > the time to reply to messages I want to reply to is already frustrating. > > It feels very bad already simply considering unsubscribing from the dev > maillist that I've been reading for such a long time. But the bad > experiences really stick for a long time (this weekend for example has > been ruined), and the simple solution is to just not have them. It is > much easier to simply contribute to Inkscape on the side, whenever I > want to, and with whom I choose to. > > Somehow I've lost a lot of the fun when working on Inkscape. Don't know > how I can find it back. > > regards, > Johan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.... > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.... _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 04:51:56PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote: > Hello all, > I'm considering stepping down, resigning from Inkscape's board. > > For the past months, I've lacked the motivation to spend enough time on > board matters. It's been a disappointing (in myself) experience. > > Moreover, recently, although there were fun moments, they are > overshadowed by a number of very negative experiences on the > maillist/community and I want to be able to stop reading the maillist > and just pull the plug for a while. Also, already not having/spending > the time to reply to messages I want to reply to is already frustrating. > > It feels very bad already simply considering unsubscribing from the dev > maillist that I've been reading for such a long time. But the bad > experiences really stick for a long time (this weekend for example has > been ruined), and the simple solution is to just not have them. It is > much easier to simply contribute to Inkscape on the side, whenever I > want to, and with whom I choose to. > > Somehow I've lost a lot of the fun when working on Inkscape. Don't know > how I can find it back. Hi Johan, Sorry to hear you're hitting some burnout, but it's understandable; I've been there myself, and also agree with Nathan that taking a break from the dev list will likely help. Hopefully after a few month's R&R you'll be up for getting back involved (admittedly I'm a poor example of this - I've yet to return from my own 'burnout break'...) I'd like to see you stay on the board though; you've been a good member and have well thought opinions on matters, and it would be our loss to not have you. If you still feel the same in a few months, we can look at organizing a new election (and any one else who wants to retire we can replace at the same time.) Bryce > regards, > Johan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.... > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board