Jim,
Thanks for your comments. If the group is not collectively
interested in making a change, they aren't -- I can accept
that. I have real frustrations with the current set-up
myself, but maybe I'm an isolated case.
That said, I think many of the responses were anything but
friendly or appreciative to me, and I will remember that. I
don't mind the idea itself being rejected or argued down, but
responses like Brian Thornton's will make me think long and
hard about posting in the group again. You've been through a
similar period of reaction yourself, as I recall, so I
imagine you might be able to relate to this.
Mark
On 2/18/08, JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "I'm not disputing the success or value of the
group
> -- clearly not, or why would I bother making
an
> intended-to-be-productive suggestion? It
wasn't
> intended to provoke the defensiveness that it seems
to
> have."
>
> I'm sorry if anything I said sounded defensive.
If
> the format changes, I'll go along with it.
And,
> whether most members agreed with you or not, I'm
sure
> they appreciated that your suggestions were meant,
not
> as a criticism of the group, but as a way of
improving
> the group.
>
> That said, the reason I don't get a sense that
people
> are dissatisfied with keeping the status more or
less
> quo is because all the responses your
suggestion
> generated were unenthusiastic, and it's reasonable
to
> presume that anyone who failed to offer an
opinion
> either generally likes the current system, or at
least
> doesn't dislike it enough to regard a major change
as
> being warranted.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
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