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[Geoffrey Myers]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 02:59:20PM -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> I would hope we would be a welcoming organization.  These kind of
>> comments just aren't necessary.
> 
> I, for one, am not "unwelcoming".  Not particularly, anyway.
> 
> I've raised some of the same points in the past, and I realized that
> really, the "culture" here was established before I came.  It hasn't
> really changed, though I have---I have learned to ignore that which I
> don't really care about, and have fun with the rest.  :-)
> 
> If someone joins the group and expects to be able to change the
> culture, it's simply not going to happen. 

Well, I wouldn't say that, as it has changed.  There was a day, when I 
first joined, that an off topic post would be cut down at the knees.  So 
it can happen.  Then again, we're talking late '90s and that seems an 
eternity ago.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson