[JaneYoung]

All the good intentions of folks that are focused on misspelled words, grammar, and punctuation - just may be backfiring to some extent. I include myself in being a part of the reason that is behind the backfiring. We may be making it too uncomfortable for people to post here at the moment. Even worse, they may feel uncomfortable in an e-mail exchange. I am experiencing a little of that with some people whose opinions I value and trust, but who are feeling somewhat intimidated by all of this judgment.

At some point, even for me, this gets just too weird to deal with. I'm as excited as everyone else is regarding the upcoming season, but I hope I don't spend my time on CD creating an atmosphere that feels vise-like and hypercritical. If I do, please send me a pm and tell me to cut it out. This is a community made up of FIRSTers and people who support FIRST. I'd love to see some threads discussing that - building community, sharing information, networking. We're going to need that as more and more opportunities head our way over the next few months and years.

Jane