Re: [UG-ADMINS] Dealing with a member issue

Wow, great thought Elizabeth! I bet he has so much information those
Christian groups would love to hear from him. I had a crazy friend in
college who never stopped talking about God and the bible, but he created a
meetup group where he was able to get it all out and talk about it. It was
a very constructive use of his personality and knowledge.

I'm hoping that maybe that's something the guy at Beth's meetup would
consider!

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Elizabeth Naramore <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hey Beth,
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with the others who have posted here. Documentation
> is your friend, and it's good to have a record of what has transpired.
>
> You might also try diverting him to a more appropriate group; it seems that
> what he really wants is to spread his message to anyone who will listen
> (and even to those who won't). If you give him a Plan B, maybe he'd be
> willing to try that course of action instead. Maybe he doesn't want to
> leave because he doesn't have anywhere else to go.
>
> Maybe he might be interested in something like this Christian Social
> Network in Madison <http://www.meetup.com/christiansocialnetwork/> or
> Grey's
> Theology in Verona <http://www.meetup.com/graystheology/>?
>
> Just a thought  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Beth Tucker Long <[email protected]
> >
> wrote:
>
> > We have a member who just started coming to our conference and user group
> > meetings. At the conference, he consistently cornered people to talk to
> > them about Jesus. He has started doing it at the meetings too. We have
> > asked him to stop and explained that this is not an appropriate venue for
> > these discussions and that the discussions need to stay PHP-focused. He
> has
> > replied that he cannot stop talking about Jesus, and that if we want him
> to
> > stop, we'll have to kick him out of the group. We responded with a firm
> > response clarifying that our group is not the appropriate venue for his
> > preaching and that discussions must stay on topic. We did not say he was
> > banned from the group. He has not taken the hint and has now tried
> > contacting the group leadership through the conference website (he
> > apparently doesn't realize that we are the same people) asking for a
> > face-to-face meeting to discuss these issues.
> >
> > Has anyone dealt with anything like this in their group? We do not want
> > this to get ugly as we are a small group and this person has not caused
> > issues in the past, so this is a new thing that started recently (in
> > November). Any advice?
> > Thanks,
> > Beth
> >
> >
> >
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