I come here with two purposes.
The first is to apologize to the people of the board and to Yov and Hal specifically for some reprehensible behavior lately.
I allowed myself to become something I abhor and it was foolish and stupid.
I was angry and still am, but that is no excuse for that type of behavior. I should know better and I do.
A big sorry to all.
Second I have to respond to this;
Wait Iavas it sounds like you want to work around those without the ability to control themselves. Which seems ass backwards to me. Expecting people to be respectful isn't asking too much.
Not I'm not being hypocritical I'm trying to see the error of my ways and fix that because I know I have this problem.
I have to say that is about the most encouraging thing I have read here in a long while. It takes a lot of guts to admit that. I am very proud of the effort and good faith you have brought to this discussion.
You are ok for a spoiled brat.
I really believe the best step this community could take would be to repair relationships and attempt to piece back together the splintered connections.
We will never be able to get back to where we were, but I do think things could be done. For example Katie's great attitude and willingness to try and work things out. Did I tell you I am proud of you?
And no, bad behavior will always occur and will never be totally eradicated. I am a prime example of that.
It is the repeated non-stop crap that has to be squashed before the entire community gets infected.
The charter is flawed and does need amending and fixing.
It is structured in such a way that it can be amended.
I just don't think now is the time for that.
I would love to have things as they were before, but that isn't reality.
Everything was based on past practice and poll after poll.
It would be like voting for every single issue that came up and would be way more cumbersome than the charter. That too caused problems.
Most of the stuff in there was not written because of everyone here. It was put in there to cover possible eventualities for when we opened.
Some of it we will never need, but there has to be some method of responsibilty and operation.
It is great having these ideas tossed out there, but I think they would carry more weight if the ideas were supported by something concrete. Like a text document. It is too esoteric presented in this way. I cannot envision some of the things suggested.
I don't have any answers, just opinions like everyone else.
My opinion is that everything flows from the health and strength of the community.
I think the patient needs to be healed before we do plastic surgery.
I am off for a bit to try and pull my head out of my ass.
Hope to see everyone soon.
And once again, sorry.