Thanks for the support...it's great to hear.

I should have explicitly stated that K was not criticizing me. He was letting me know about a problem that existed, and making it clear that he did not have this problem. He was really appreciative of the transparency; his suggestion was that I continue to send the "transparency" emails directly to him and not to the members of the team who were being bothered by it.

K was also not just willing but eager to hear my suggestions for changes, and responded very positively when I made them--I told him I thought they should be using Subversion and, after I described the SV work cycle, he was ecstatic. K did me a good turn, letting me know about a potential issue early enough to address it, while also letting me know that I was valued and valuable. I have no complaints whatsoever. Just so that's all clear...I don't want to sound like I was slamming K.