Originally Posted by Admin
Do this explain things better?
Yes it do! lol (sorry - couldn't resist)
I don't envy you, oh gentle silver-back. You have your hands full with this versatile group.
A few members wrote that the board (really any board) must follow the admin's rules. (I paraphrase). Yes, that is true, but if the rules don't work for a majority of the members, then what good is a board without participants. I like the fact that you give the membership a voice. It will be impossible to make everyone happy - that's just a simple fact.
Not having been a fan of the PDA section before, due to the sheer volume of content, I can see that adding important personal data with a page reference can help sift through it all. It will put the responsibility on the authors of what they want the members to know.
I'm still a little puzzled about your <negativity breeds negativity> comment. Yes, it is sad to hear/read about someone's heartache - but from what I have read here, the tone of the answers is generally supportive, inspiring, uplifting, and often times helpful in the "we should make a quilt for that person" way. Isn't that positive? It appears that you come at that topic from a different angle and I respect that.
I had to remind myself yesterday that this is after all a QUILTING Board, and it was the quilting part that first drew me to this site. ....and all the quilting-related sections still work well. I'm sure we can get the personal stuff back on track too - COLLECTIVELY!