[Az-Geocaching] RE: Explanation and apology

[Brian - Team A.I.]

Just a fleeting thought I wanted to put in text....

The Geocachers who are part of this list are real people.  These same people
are ones who came together back in April and worked as a cohesive group of
30 to clean up a very neglected section of highway on a Saturday morning
when there were plenty of other things to do, and caches to find.  Some even
drove up from as far as Tucson and Casa Grande to attend an event north of
Mesa.  It might just be me, but I see little hostility in this, nor did I
see any in the 150+ in attendance at the Halloween event last fall where
there wasn't so much as a tortured scorpion (to my knowledge).

I might agree to a very slight degree that some cliques might exist, but
more so in who migrates to whom at events, when overall I believe it is a
group of people who tend to agree more than disagree.  When we disagree as a
group, it can get pretty vocal.  Of course, I could be wrong, but its at
least my perception of things.  Those who choose to lurk, do so of their own
volition.  Those who choose to enter the fray, also do so of their own
volition.

Brian
Team A.I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <bill@freeholder.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] RE: Explanation and apology


> I'm have been watching this episode as an outside observer, since I don't
> know any of the people involved, and I wasn't one of the ones called for
the
> "business" deal.  As an uninvolved person, I feel compelled to make an
> observation about this list.
>
> This group can be very hostile in general, and this incident, which would
> have gone virtually unnoticed on the other lists I subscribe to, is a
> perfect example.  I am a member of a VW Vanagon mailing list with 1600
> members, and this list, with far fewer members, still seems to generate
more
> flames and email wars in a month than the Vanagon list does in a year.
>
> Certainly there is a high level of "cliqueishness" to be found here, but
> that doesn't begin to explain the level of hate I see transmitted back and
> forth.  What is up with you guys?
>
> Bill in Willcox  (and glad to be out of the line of fire)
>
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