PLUG Etiquette

Tue Jun 30 16:48:30 MST 2009

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> The List Lurker who occasionally asks for help and is always astounded by
> the help he receives......
>
> Man, have I been missing a lot by not attending any face to face PLUG
> events.....I can bring a box of name tags and we can all stereotype
> ourselves....lol....;-)
>
> Mark
>

The Nameless One:  No matter what he/she never remembers anyone's name or
face.

>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Scarlett Clark <
> scarlett at manonthebench.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 10:50 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>> > After interacting in PLUG events over the last 3 years here, teaching
>> > at freegeek.org and running the POWUG for 3 years in Oregon while also
>> > after interacting in technology for more than 25 years in the
>> > trenches, I have seen a great deal of bad manners, ineffective
>> > competition, and behavior that leads anywhere but toward free and open
>> > discussion and interaction.
>> >
>> > I have also observed interaction styles and personality types that
>> > save a group with their fun approach, easy going nature and humanism.
>> >
>> > As you read these you might try not to descend to black and white
>> > thinking, but see what each type ultimately provides to the group
>> > experience.
>> >
>> > I am sure some of these basic types everyone will recognize:
>> >
>> > 1) Mr. OneUpMan:
>> >
>> > Rather than happily bantering along in information exchange, he powers
>> > out to look more Intelligent or rudely talks down to others.  This can
>> > include a swift change of subject to something not even similar to the
>> > issue or subject stream.   He can never just "play" with others, and
>> > never ever asks a question.  He can be so dominating that the whole
>> > discussion around him has to be limited to his experience, his
>> > training and his viewpoint.
>> >
>> > 2) Mr. Academic:
>> >
>> > This person will always fill in extraneous details and add additional
>> > information.  He is certain that he is the one and only authority.
>> > Unfortunately, often this limits others from actually doing their own
>> > research (via google or other written documentation).
>> >
>> > 3) Mr. Gossip:
>> >
>> > This person, rather than discuss technology, complete lab exercises or
>> > listen to others, spends a great deal of time discussing others, local
>> > shops, history (skewed by their own resentments and losses or those of
>> > their ally fellows).  Anything this person overhears in first person
>> > singular humanism becomes fodder for their next ten sessions.  They
>> > generally do not show up at events prepared for and interested in
>> > technical viewpoints.  They often take "sides" without evaluating the
>> > truth from a distance or without determining if it's actually their
>> > business.
>> >
>> > 4) Mr. Serial Processing:
>> >
>> > This attendee cannot equate and absorb any information that he does
>> > not direct.  He will take great measures of everyone's time by asking
>> > directed questions to one individual about material that was just
>> > covered by group discussion or presentation.  Often his frustration
>> > becomes anger whereupon this person will accuse others of talking down
>> > to him.  This is common in individuals who are experiencing a B
>> > vitamin deficiency (that ultimately can lead to Korsakoff's Psychosis
>> > and confabulation) from nutritional issues, but generally due to daily
>> > ingesting large amounts of drugs or alcohol or a liver or other health
>> > disorder.
>> >
>> > 5) Mr. Rude Helper:
>> >
>> > This PLUG attendee will approach someone who they don't know (who
>> > usually vastly outspans them in education experience and even
>> > employment) and attempt to help by directing them into the wrong
>> > direction.  This disrepectful approach, while well meaning, is based
>> > on an arrogance and grandiocity that is not matched by either their
>> > suggestions or their ability.  They never ask the person they attach
>> > themselves to, if they would like some help or happily attempt to play
>> > with them.  This is commonly seen by women who are stereotyped and/or
>> > dominated and keeps women introverts from interacting in labs and
>> > groups.
>> >
>> > 6) Mr. Did you Know?
>> >
>> > This person dives happily in and expands any endeavor they are exposed
>> > to.  Their enthusiam is infectious as they look into and communicate
>> > with each head in their circle of hearing, and intiates
>> > non-hierarchial happy fulll duplex PLAY.
>> >
>> > 7) Mr. I Can!
>> >
>> > This attendee is the one who does all the single tasks that someone
>> > needs to do, often without most of the other PLUG people even
>> > noticing.  He adjusts the video resolution for the overhead for the
>> > presentation laptop in a slick teamwork concentric way, without, mind
>> > you, any great huge announcement that he is the only one who knows how
>> > to do it.  If another, like #5 above attempts to step in, he deftly
>> > and politely sidesteps the intrusion.
>> >
>> > 8) Mr.  Devils' Advocate Question Man:
>> >
>> > This person usually asks all the pertinant questions to assist to
>> > flesh out a subject for others.  It's not that he doesn't know, he
>> > just wants to make sure a full discussion of the subject matter has
>> > occurred for others.  Clueless PLUG people sometimes attempt to take
>> > him aside or talk down to him after he has performed these important
>> > functions.
>> >
>> > 9) Mr. Exploitation:
>> >
>> > This person skews all communications to his (choose one):
>> >
>> > a) Consulting endeavor
>> > b) Security endeavor
>> > c) Sales gig
>> > d) Training endeavor
>> >
>> > They exclude (or actually poo-poo use of or) mention of the long list
>> > of other FOSS tools, library materials and online test preparation
>> > guides.
>> > While all PLUG members have a variety of skills, this person fails to
>> > interact in the true spirit of free and open source.
>> >
>> > 10) Mr. Hacker:
>> >
>> > These people actually sit back and talk nice to you, while actually
>> > attempting to gain access or damage to your equipment.  They are
>> > usually swiftly caught, however they generally show up somewhere else
>> > with their ettercap and wicrack.   Unfortunately, they are often
>> > successful.
>> >
>> > 11)  Mr. Aphasia:
>> >
>> > They people are so vastly intelligent via written materials and
>> > understanding, but cannot communicate or complete in useless stand
>> > around and argue verbal sessions (with #1 above).  They are focused on
>> > doing, and doing very very well.  They generally quietly endue all the
>> > other annoying types and sit back and take in the information, at some
>> > deep level (like all of us) lonely for others like themselves.
>> >
>> >
>> > See yourself here?  Have additional types to add?
>> > --
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>> > scientology.obnosis.com
>> >
>> >
>> Ms shy that so desperately wants to fit in, but afraid of the flames so
>> stays in the background.
>>
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