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[BLU/Officers] Rocky and possible code of conduct



The guy is not all here. But I just think we need to be firm with him.
Also, when there are people waiting for help, we give Rocky a low
p[riority.
Next time, I don't think I will order a ham pizza. I don't know if he
finished the ham but he also had a few slices of other things.

On 12/13/2014 10:03 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> Indeed. When I asked him not to sit near the camcorder, and explained
> how the recording had been ruined, he agreed not to sit near it again,
> and he hasn't done so since then. 
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:55 PM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net
> <mailto:david at thekramers.net>> wrote:
>
>     I agree. This is a single-person issue, and to put it bluntly, a
>     single
>     person who is not good at taking hints.
>
>     I have, in the past, told him straight to his face that specific
>     things
>     that he was doing were bothering me, and he responded to that and
>     stopped.  I suggest we have a frank conversation with him before the
>     next installfest letting him know what he is doing that is detrimental
>     to the event, letting him know he has one last chance to not be
>     disruptive, loud or rude.  And I believe if we tell him he is no
>     longer
>     welcome after he fails to comply, he will stay away.  If he doesn't we
>     can refuse to help him.
>
>     I would not escalate past that until that tactic fails.
>
>     On 12/13/2014 09:12 PM, John Abreau wrote:
>     > Hiring a police officer would presumably cost far more than what we
>     > take in from the InstallFests. Charging for pizza would mean
>     rejecting
>     > the money that sponsors Ron and John donate to pay for the pizza.
>     >
>     > Rocky may be annoying, but I'm not willing to take actions that will
>     > change the nature of our group in a negative way and possibly
>     cause it
>     > to self-destruct.
>     >
>     > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net
>     <mailto:bill at horne.net>
>     > <mailto:bill at horne.net <mailto:bill at horne.net>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On 12/10/2014 1:30 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>     >>     Rocky is a real pain in the ass. He actually brought his own
>     >>     volunteer, Ben Shapiro, but he tends to be very disruptive both
>     >>     at ifests and meetings.
>     >>     Chris Allen Same-timed me at work about him. Also, Leslie
>     Graham
>     >>     asked me if our meetings ever became violent. I also saw that
>     >>     Rocky pigged out.
>     >>
>     >>     A couple of things I am going to do at the next installfest:
>     >>     1. If he gets disruptive, I am going to ask him to tone down
>     >>     2. If a paying guest needs assistance and Rocky is
>     monoppolizing
>     >>     a volunteer, I'll ask that volunteer to help the paying guest
>     >>     3. Food. I an not going to honor his pizza request. The only
>     >>     people IMHO who can get their own pizzas are Ron and John and
>     >>     Bill Ricker who has allergies.
>     >
>     >     One of my friends is an attorney; I'll ask him what, if any,
>     legal
>     >     remedies are available.
>     >
>     >     For the short term, I suggest we withdraw the free pizza, and
>     >     impose a nominal charge for those who want to eat. We could also
>     >     hire an M.I.T. Policeman to supervise the meeting.
>     >
>     >     Bill
>     >
>     >     --
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