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To: LindyBill who wrote (11302)	11/28/1999 12:19:00 PM
From: Apollo	Respond to of 54805

Lindy: I'd like to thank you for your post on GroupThink, which I enjoyed and which gave some perspective to me on this topic. JDB has told me he will be posting on this topic when he returns home after the weekend. I always try to respond to any post that is directed to me. If nothing else, I think it is only polite to do so. I've been struggling with this myself. I am trying to find the right "balance" amongst family, profession, friends & G & K (50 sudden new relationships!). I don't respond to every post, even to me, if I don't have something worthwhile to say, as I think it clutters the thread. However, I have also sometimes failed to PM people my thanx for their notes, or questions, or even for their hard work or contributions. Probably a combination of bad manners and/or no time while searching for the "balance". As for the the issues related to gender bias, I am going to think this one over and see if I can come up with something thoughtful. Stan

To: LindyBill who wrote (11302)	11/28/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Greg Hull	Respond to of 54805

The number one complaint of Dancers who want to join in at the clubs I go to is that we are "clickish". When I travel around the country dancing, it is very tough to be accepted by the group at the dance I attend. I have to "put it on the floor" to be accepted. I have noticed that new members of this thread that are accepted are the ones who "put it on the floor", in dancing parlance. Apparently this trait is not limited to dancers. This reminded me of a posting from another thread I read: siliconinvestor.com <<If we are talking about competitiveness from a market rather than a technical perspective there is the usual pre-requisite. My old speed skating coach told me the story of how he came to town from Chicago and was watching local skaters. Despite the fact he was very fast, he felt compelled to wait for an invitation to race with them. They were all very cordial, but after a while he realized nobody was asking him to race. At that point he realized the basic fact of competition, if you want to race - get out and race. Nobody is going to ask you, or for that matter even be nice to you. When you realize that - you realize all of the polarizing rhetoric is nonsense.>> Greg