Good good

"Stacy Olivas" <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:36:48 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.bsd.advocacy
Message-ID <008401c2c89f$50e2c7b0$0502000a@sentinel>
Ok,
I just got caught up... I thought I was going to have to
try to jump in and say "Whoa!  Timeout.." when I started
seeing the flames flying.  It looks like it's resolving
itself (hopefully) so..

<soap box>
Here's the deal.. I know that when I start to get really
involved in something that, when someone tells me 
something that fires me up, I start to act without
a whole lot of thought...  

I would like to see everyone take a deep breath, and
step back for a moment and regain their focus on what
we are trying to do and set aside any differences that
might be creeping up..  

Everyone here is entitled to their point of view,
and by people voicing their opinions on how they feel
things are going *WE* will make progress.   But 
each of us needs to do a few things:

1.  Check to make sure that the point they are trying to
get across is clear and concise (I am personally guilty
of that).  If it isn't, instead of racing to reply,
re-think what you are trying to say.  

2.  If you read something posted here that is starting
to fire you up, take the high road and *DONT* let it
turn into a flame war.  Like someone said on the
other list: Scope creep is bad (to paraphrase).

3.  (This is really going to sound like I am preaching
to the choir here, so please don't take it personally
I'm just trying to keep us focued): KEEP ON TRACK!
</soap box>

Thank you

Now, where were we?

-Stacy