Dear Community,
I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the situation within XBY since the recent issues started. I felt I owed it to myself and the community to, at least at a high level, explain why I resigned from the Board at the time I did and offer my apology for my own rash actions.
Having spent a fair bit of time, blood, sweat, and tears trying to move forward the development of XBY I could not separate my emotions from the fact that both founders, preaching about family and trust and pulling together, supported CCR leaving for a month without notice due to some "trolls", leaving the Board high and dry, and then came forward and effectively called themselves the only part of the team or family that mattered.
Fundamentally I felt lied to, that the calls for trust, loyalty and team were a lie, and my contributions didn't mean a damn bit to the founders. For a company that preaches being built on trust this has been clearly broken not just with me but with many others - with some people I have seen in the slack for many months now having left. Calling it a community coin has become questionable.
This got to me emotionally, and I could not separate it effectively enough to try and push through as the other Board members did to try and find a solution. With some distance I see my decision to quit as wrong. I believe in what is being built here, and that the damage, and trust destroyed, can be rebuilt with hard work and time. CCR's apology to the community evidences that a path to reconciliation exists.
While there are other interesting projects that I, and everyone, could go put effort towards, I have been here too long and believe in the mission to quit so easily. To that extent I ask the Board to consider my request to be re-instated. Frankly, I don't want to be a quitter and don't want to abandon the team or the community. If my request for reinstatement is not forthcoming please know that I will still be trying to help around the XBY slack as possible.
Here's my promise to the community, next time it gets tough i'll be there trying to make it right. i'll focus on bringing community concerns to the Board (or their members) and pushing for the right answers.
We have spent too long alienating and dividing the community, it is time to come together, compromise and build it again. Build the contributors, believers, TEAM, and get the excitement growing.
Regards,
CCN
I can feel your pain for quitting but so glad for your humility to take over the team batton again.
I can see more vibrant synergy come back to the XBY team.
We are moving forward!