"without a comment"
"without a comment"
- Subject: "without a comment"
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:04:28 -0400
Were that the following I render spoke truly to that! But it doesn't.
I have spent several days thinking about the overall experience that I
have had when "sharing" to this list. I have indeed gained insight into
some of the leadership issues affecting our MUGs, issues that affect our
experiences as Apple consumers, and reasons of why I and others like me,
so enjoy the relationship that we have with this inanimate object that
cannot do anything until we sit before it and make it "smile".
In addition to that, the broader experience that I have perceived and
heard from others, is that frequently in that sharing which we all seek,
the cooperation that we want to be elucidated with from others who share
our Mac user concept, eludes us when communicating a differing opinion
is seen as something to be attacked, rather than dealt with in the same
cooperative spirit that it has been offered. This cannot! possibly be
the leading user group community charged with the continuation and
improvements of our MUGs. This is not the legacy that I want to embody
for future MUG leaders of my local group or as I share with you
Macintosh wide. With these continued attitudes being the spoken
majority, there will not be any volunteers willing to be active
participants in the UG continuation.
Here specifically, as the bearers of future direction for our community
of Mac users, there should be no need for the attacks on those offering
their personal opinions. It is in all our rights to voice them. It is
in all our rights to decry or endorse them. There is no right that says
that you must attack your neighbor so thoroughly that it makes them
pause and hesitate to continue to share and seek enlightenment to
continue as GREAT leaders in our community.
Many of us are here to learn from others who have great and even better
ideas--some are ideas that have been shared before--but some of us may
not know what has come previous to our involvement. Many of us are just
looking for solutions to some of the problems affecting our local MUG
community by seeking the broader community and those with greater
experience. Let's make it possible for all of us to share without
cringing at the thought that we must censor our opinions or prevent us
from continuing to seek cooperation on this list.
This last sentence may sound like a reversal of previous paragraphs that
you've been reading. In reality, it hasn't. I can choose to disagree
with any comments anyone else makes but I don't need to personally
attack that person to voice my disagreement. Please be as considerate
of others who are just here to do what they can to make their MUG the
best that they can. It should not be necessary for one adult to have to
say that to another in a similar position. But insight from someone
else I was "chatting" with last night compelled my opinion. His
comment, "maybe it is necessary to be spoken just as loudly as the
negativity that has been offered."
Simply
Macbeth
NCMUG of OH!
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