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Old 06-12-10 | 11:52 AM
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Thanks DF - good timing as we have a lot of fresh faces. One thing those of us who have been around awhile should avoid is making those fresh faces feel like they are less important than the old faces, this is not a clique.

What has irked me most is not that folks have opinions that differ from mine, that's fine but it is when those opinions are stated as fact or when one individual believes that their experience is equally applicable to the rest of the general population, a sample of one does not make a trend. I want to hear peoples opinion or feelings but I would like them to simply state that that's what they are and when other have different opinions than they should be equally respected and disclosed. A simple IMHO goes a long way. Also, and this irks me too, when people post the work of others as if it is their own revelation (or experience), if you found the material somewhere, provide your source so we can all learn, this will gain you more respect than trying to be the fountain of all knowledge (just googled on the internet) and it will allow others to further research the topic as well as giving credit where credit is due. These are good guidelines for all of us, new and old and ones I have been trying (but not always executed I must confess) to follow and will make this place a much better community IMHO.

In these simple suggestions I hope I have not offended.
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