[HCoop-Discuss] Cracking down on negative balances

[Michael Potter]

On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 06:06 -0500, docelic wrote:
> > > A member should only be concerned with whether HCoop is fulfilling his
> > > technical needs. 
>
> I am not trying to control what your or other members' goals and needs are
> (I hope that was obvious from my post).

It wasn't obvious. You clearly stated what members concerns should be,
but maybe that's not what you meant. 

> My point was that asking other members to make one 'feel welcome' or offer
> other forms of mom-style reassurance is not something that can be relied on,
> or officially complained about upon not receiving. (My stance on the issue).

I don't think people deserve coddling, but it does seem reasonable to
expect some kind of civility. 

> Also, every person allowing himself to leave HCoop because of a (real or
> imagined) conflict with another member is just being unreasonable.
> Demanding that every one of 120-or-so members "like them" and additionally
> prove that through not disagreeing, is again not something that can be
> counted on, and when attempted, will most likely fail.

Everyone has their own reason for leaving. It would be unreasonable for
someone to demand that everyone like them, although no one has demanded
this that I know of. 

> Then those cases need to be examined; it would be a waste of time to 
> dig through the archives now for analysis, but in the future do point
> this out if you notice it. I am sure I will be able to provide a real
> technical or organizational reason behind all I say, instead of the
> perceived ignorant "our way or the highway".
> 
> -doc

Well okay, I will. 

Michael