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Date Posted: Sun, 08/31/03 5:00am
Author: Ylva
Subject: Re: Possible New Members
In reply to: OnB 's message, "Re: Possible New Members" on Fri, 08/29/03 9:58pm

>I think there are clearly a few people on the Indianz
>board that we would want to think very carefully about
>having over here...I personally appreciate the refuge,
>the "safe" interactions on this board. Now I'm a "new
>kid" to the Voy group, so I don't expect that I should
>have a lot to say about the issue, but I think that
>polling the membership about the candidates is still a
>good idea. It's cool to have some things that you
>earn...you feel more responsible for the way you
>participate in something when it's like that.
>It's nice being able to go somewhere for interaction
>where you don't feel that having an opinion or JUST
>POSTING opens you up as flame-bait....demonstrating
>the capacity for respecting other folks even if you
>disagree with them should just be a requisite and I
>think evaluating that quality in a candidate before
>inviting them has value.
>I think inviting EVERYBODY just means you have 2
>boards that are the same before too long.....vive' le
>difference!
>
>OnB(justanopinion)

You put that very well and I agree. Just like you, I haven't been around this board very long, so I didn't dare to be as quite as straight as you, also because I'm the second youngest here. But you know, just because we're young that doesn't have to mean we're not reasonable.

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Re: Possible New Members -- OnB, Sun, 08/31/03 9:19pm