I do hereby remove my statement of intent running for BoD.
I’m out. I am out of the election. I am out of these makerspace reindeer games. I am not party to morebluetape.org, nor have I ever been. The members of that combined ballot invited me to campaign with them and I ignored those solicitations for months.
I was aiming for an independent platform because I didn’t want to be part of ANY us vs them bloc. That is not excellent. It is not conducive to the spirit of cooperation that the 'Space is(was?) about. Running for board has been detrimental to my mental health. Talk has been detrimental to my mental health. This hate and stubbornness and these devides between us hurt me deeply. I have been passive and complacent with my candidacy. I have not exemplified the values of leadership that I believe are important to this organization, and as such I withdraw.
This passivity has led to an association by default which I do not endorse. The first I saw of morebluetape.org was when @mrjimmy posted it here on talk a few days ago.
@mrhavens I did not give you permission to use my name, likeness, image, etc for any website, media, or other release. Please remove such from your campaign site, materials, etc immediately.
I do apologize to the membership. I still believe in DMS. I still believe in our community. I still hope to volunteer what time, talent, and treasure I can spare for as long as I am able. I want to see DMS be better. I want us to be excellent.
I am sorry.