From: FaultLine:
To: JB, Jill, and Thread
I hope hope everyone has read what I said about "zealot-free zone, where we judge the material and not each other." Those two ground rules along with the fact this is a moderated forum means that I must occasionally assume the role of thread judge.
Jill, I imagine you realize you are taking little chip shots at many of us for not "getting it" and for past collective sins. These little insults do add up and after awhile in an atmosphere where I ask people to not respond-in kind to slights, it is like death by a thousand cuts. I personally don't like it -- it seems disrespectful to me. It also signals me that you are pushing a case, i.e. a cause, and that is specifically OT. All I ask is that, contrary to the posting style on some other forums, we post here in an atmosphere of mutual respect with a minimum amount of selling the Brooklyn Bridge.
JB, I suppose you should have run your complaint by me. Once we establish a mutually accepted set of expectations for this forum, I hope the group will self correct with simple requests and cooperative responses carrying the day.
On other matters:
I guess 1200 posts in 9 days indicates some kind of need is being met. Thanks to everyone who has participated: I've tried to greet you all but I know i have missed a few. Welcome aboard.
I'll be real busy the rest of this week but next week I would like to begin the transition out of being a general topic forum toward a more directed specified subject situation as outlined in the header.
To start the transition, I'm planning to set up a block of time each day when we will consider just one subject -- a reading or a set of readings. I'm thinking 3PM EDT to 10PM EDT on weekdays. Weekends? Don't know yet. Any other suggestions to accomplish this end? What do you all think?
Best regards,
Ken/FL |
