Critical and picky - here I go again.

[Amanda Morrison]

Things have been so negative on these forums lately... your grandmothers would all CRINGE. Can you believe what we've heard so far?

Comes down to this:

-Please follow the guidelines of 'constructive criticism' if you have criticism at all.
-Say what you would only say to your own team. If you are going to question someone else's ethics or team skills, you should be able to question your own.
-If you have something particularly biting to say that you think NEEDS to be said publicly, feel free to confront a team at a regional. If you would have trouble saying it to their face, don't say it here.
-THINK before you SPEAK. Don't overreact. Come back to the forums an hour or two after you read a thread, and make sure you consider all arguments or comments when posting.
-It'll never hurt to say something privately to a team first before saying it publicly.

and last but not least: STAY POSITIVE!

We're all in this for the long haul! We like this program, we like what it's doing. We like helping. We like inspiring. We like playing with power tools, stripping wire, or just stripping for alliance partners... We're all students, mentors, parents, peers, people. We all have things in common. If you wouldn't like it said to you, don't say it.

/edit: I didn't say I was the one stripping for an alliance partner! That all came from what I read in this thread ... before my time.