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@Tez: To be clear, there's a lot there because I had a lot to say. It can be boiled down pretty quickly, though.

Short version:
1. Mirouni makes decisions by himself and then attempts to apply them without providing reasoning for them.

2. Mirouni uses too much emotion in his decision making.

3. Mirouni does not stand by decisions or words.

The rest is details of situations which show this to be true in my view.

Long version:
Personally, I think this record shows quite clearly that there are several problems in the leadership of Mirouni. We see that he tends to act from emotion rather than reason and in his rulings often makes rash decisions that are not explained or discussed. This is flaw number one.

1. Mirouni makes decisions by himself and then attempts to apply them without providing reasoning for them.

We see this demonstrably in the situation regarding the GVC vote method. As there had been disagreements with the method of voting for GVC and some argument with him regarding which method should be used, his conduct made it clear he was frustrated with the show of disagreement with his choice, which he had not discussed prior to enacting it. Because of this frustration, rather than explaining why he wanted the vote to be out in the open, he declared that the crew were not responsible enough to handle democracy, and would thereby not be able to vote, which is gross misconduct in my opinion. Tension from a lack of clear motive lead to problems in his receptiveness to criticism, and those criticisms were then handled improperly. This is flaw number two.

2. Mirouni uses too much emotion in his decision making.

This is not to say that no emotion should be taken into making choices, as such a thing is impossible. The problem is that he brings the wrong emotions into the choices, something evident in many situations even back to his days as a vice captain. Mirouni seems to take challenges to his choices as direct threats to his character and person. While admittedly there have been attacks on his character and person in the past, he seems unable to distinguish where the line is drawn, often falling into the style-over-substance fallacy in the process. He cannot differentiate between a good idea with aggressive or angry tone and a bad idea, which leads to his rejection of better choices on the grounds of ‘taking offense’ to the writer. There are a great many examples of this throughout Mirouni’s time as GC. For example, we have the situation with Red_moon_wolfess arguing against the “ultimatum”. Intense fighting took place over Skype, PMs, and the crew forum, and the anger between the two is evident. However, Mirouni makes the mistake of, instead of examining the reasons given why she was so vehemently against such a measure, reading her tone and assuming that her intent is simply to attack him for any decision he makes. Such an assumption (and I must make one as well regarding his observation of Red’s posts) destroyed any possibility of a quick or clean resolution to the situation, and when combined with his first flaw, wherein he does not justify his decisions publicly, created a roadblock to a positive dialogue. Such a thing is not a rarity for Mirouni; he has without fail done so with every situation in which he has been challenged thus far. It is not until he has relaxed and shed himself of the emotion that he can retroactively solve the problem, and that is why I believe his leadership is still being tolerated despite these major shortcomings. This is flaw number three.

3. Mirouni does not stand by decisions or words.

It is worth noting that some will call this strength, where I see it as weakness. It says to me that there is a lack of conviction or a surplus of hypocrisy as he goes back on that which he claims to stand for. There are several striking examples of this in my mind. The first is, on the very night he was promoted, Mirouni said to me on Skype that he would run a democracy. He then made a declaration which removed any sense of democracy from the crew, and after severe words from me removed it, to be replaced with rules. In the GC thread, Mirouni made the promise to give me a re-vote upon my return. When this return occurred, he denied the vote because he ‘was not gonna roll over on this one’. In other words, because I disagreed with his position taking away crew votes, the vote would not be upheld. Now he promises to uphold this word in the future. He made clear that he would listen to the crew and value their input, but then has sought out ways in his ultimatum and revocation of democracy to silence them when they disagree. Both of these things were then repealed when they met strong resistance. He requests that problems with him be discussed one on one, away from the eyes of others, but then demonized and demonizes those who talk about issues ‘behind his back’ in private, even going so far as to take steps to punish those who discuss things without him. All of the things which he has purported to stand for and all of the decisions he has thus far made have been invalidated, reversed, broken, and otherwise made into examples of hypocrisy.

COV... I'm saying that as a joke. Also, I was hungover during that one post, and my other post I was hammered.

Edit: But the way that I voice my opinions have always been veiled in a joking attitude. Mostly my post before this was to poke at Fef in the hopes of getting a (direct) response. I've already talked to Miro on Skype, and have tried with Fef, but I have never gotten a response.

My personal goal in all of this is to meet with both parties and work out a way that we can resolve the issue without the fighting.

We have discussed how this meeting will be conducted via skype call, and a date will be established for when it will be held which will be as easy on the schedules of those involved as possible. Details are still tentative.

I hope that we will be able to use a form of media which will allow those of the guild the ability to voice their opinions as well as be present for the discussion, such as BlogTV, in the interest of transparency. The event, if voice, will be recorded and made available to the crew whether or not we speak without an audience. If text, full transcription of it will be posted for the crew to read.

That is a solid idea, Kyros.
I like where it's headed.

@COV: Forgive me for being rude here, as that is something I am trying to steer away from, but what the ******** man? Seriously? Defeat? This is not a competition, this is a problem between people, or as Fefnir put it, a 'values dissonance'. I'm not giving up, I'm admitting that I was wrong so we can move on.

@This thread.
Cut the s**t. Sorry for the bluntness, but I'm done. I said my peace, I apologized, I admitted my wrongdoings and said I was going to fix them. Anymore posting in this thread is just bashing of me, and I will not tolerate that kind of childish nonsense. If you seriously have a problem, we will do what Kyros suggested, and compose a list for both parties, one being myself, and one being the crew, where we state explicitly our expectations of each-other. I will honor and go by the expectations you agree on, and I expect you all to do the same.

Sorry doesn't solve anything.

I haven't had time to say my piece. The exact thing that this thread was dedicated to. I've been working and haven't had time. So before I even get the chance to capitalize on your "Golden Fleece" you shut me down.

I havent read a lot of what has happened in this thread, but what I have seen of it (largely not-fefnir posts, for reffrence), is the exact critique of your character that you asked for Jojo. And now that you've gotten it, you aren't even going to own up to half of it without forcing us into a corner too.

On top of that, not even a day after your apology above for being a dictator, or ruling with an iron fist adressed to the masses, you go around and make more ultimatim decisions and make yourself an even bigger dictator! Attempting to give yourself more power by giving yourself Four GVCs, so you, and your already decided opinion can get your way when they have ties. And when we comply to your rules, and decide things against what you want, you take away even the GVC power you granted not even two days ago in persuit of your iron fisted rule.
Your wishy-washy, and spineless. Defiant even to your own rules when it suits you. You can't even own up to these facts when they are laied bare before your feet. If you can't own up to them, you can't fix them. You are not fit to rule.

I want a new GC election. You where not properly elected to this post, as your only opponents quit the running because they knew exactly how much bullshit they would have to take as GC. Not only are you complaining about the BS thrown your way, that you should have known was coming, but you tote around the title as if it was rightfully earned.

If COV and Fefnir still aren't willing to challenge your for the position, then I will. I will be your challenger in a new GC election, using Daven's nomination from back when I became Captain Commander. I was supposed to be owner of this guild, but I declined because I knew the bullshit he took was a lot and I didn't think I could handle it. I know I can now.

EDIT: Today is Valentines day, and I am going to work now. When I get home, I won't be getting online. I'm going to have a nice dinner with Fefnir, and enjoy what little Valentines day I have. Don't expect to hear from me until Tuesday night at the earliest, as I have work on Tuesday as well.

I hope you all have a happy Valentines day. :3 Or single Awareness day, as is applicable.
Jo, don't forget to buy Aine Flowers.
I always liked flowers better than chocolate. :3