Joe C,
Many, if not all, organizations find themselves having to step back, and
re-focus on what brought them together in the first place. Joe
A., purposely avoided being specific. He's just trying to nudge the group in
the right direction. I don't think the topic is out of
line, but at the same time, I don't think it was meant to be taken so seriously
as to leave members, such as yourself, threatening to
withdraw their participation.
Chat rooms and newsgroups are notorious for getting out of hand. The creation
of unbending rules & regulations, the installation of
draconian minded moderators, and censorship are always the road to destruction.
The answer is always self moderation. It's a cycle that
every successful internet chat room and news group experiences. That self
moderation is simply talking about it and thereby re-focusing
the group. Joe A. just happened to be the one to bring up the topic this time
around. Provided you, Joe C, stick with us, you may very
well be the one to start the re-focusing topic months from now.
Hopefully, this thread, for this time around, will draw to a close shortly, and
we can all return to FOT business.
--Justin Wagner
Joe Curry wrote:
> jmwagner wrote:
> >
> > Joe, FOT, et al,
>
> > I don't know if I've really offered much an answer here... but Joe is
>right...
> > There should be an ongoing interest in keeping FOT focused.
> >
> > --Justin Wagner
>
> I am rather curious about what it was that prompted Joe A's original post.
>It came at a time when there was much discussion regarding
> SCCA autocross rules. This makes me wonder if Joe is regarding that an
>inappropriate subject.
>
> If that is the case, then I think I (and several others) are not FOT list
>material. I cannot participate in road racing at this time
> in my life because I can neither afford the time of the money to travel the
>long distances required of such an endeavor.
>
> But I was under the impression that FOT embraces all sorts of Triumph racing
>not just road racing. If I am wrong, I feel that this is
> rather an elitist attitude and I will gladly remove my presence from the list!
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe (C)
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