[Nfb-krafters-korner] My apology and more

Tue Jan 11 21:39:20 UTC 2011

Please shair.
Good message, Greg.
Terry P. 

-----Original Message-----
From: NCBootman [mailto:ncbootman at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:21 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] My apology and more

Annette,

Share your ideas is my opinion. If we can't act like adults and enteract and all feel that what they say is valuable, why have the group. No one has the market on what is right. Decisions do have to be made about what is done but all have an idea or opinion.

Just my thoughts.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Annette Carr
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:59 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] My apology and more

Hello List,

I did not have any time this past week to check e-mail, so I was quite shocked yesterday to read what had transpired here on the list.  I am truly sorry that my attempt at getting us as a list to brainstorm ideas on how to grow and expand turned into a big mess.  I think this was primary the result of the down-side of using a text format for communication.  How someone writes something is not guaranteed to be interpreted by the recipient as it was intended by the sender.  Plus given the lack of being able to see and hear the person during the conversation also leaves out essential pieces of communication.  Please do not get on me for using the word "seeing".  I am using it loosely to represent being in the presence of someone.  Even with that said, I do include the intake of visual information.  Now back to what I was saying.  E-mail also has a delay factor that can cause people's feeling to fester.  During a a phone conversation or face to face conversation you can immediately amend what you said if the listener miss-understood before the listener's emotions have time to grow.

So again, let me say that I apologize that my post to this group caused so much grief.  With that said, I still believe that e-mail is the place to discuss matters that effect the entire list.  However, maybe we need to talk about whether it should be done here, or whether the expectation is to have these types of discussions off list via e-mail.  I do not promote this as it would require each member to set up a distribution list in there personal e-mail program with all members e-mail addresses.  Of course, this would need to be managed as people join and drop out.  I know I do not have time to do this, and I'm guessing that we have other members on the list who would not even know how to even get started with setting up a personal distribution list.  The other idea would be to have the discussion via conference call.  This would not work for me as I have trouble getting to the Monday Night Chats and classes.  These are only my views, and I totally get that 100 percent of a group cannot be satisfied 100 percent of the time.

So with all of that said, I do have an idea to share on how we might be able to expand what we do to educate everyone and anyone on how someone who is blind can do a craft, but I am unsure about posting it to the list.  And on the other hand, I think sharing it with the board first will limit the initial formation of the idea  that reflects the ideas of the membership.

I am not trying to start up another round of trouble, but I think this is all growing pains as we explore how to manage this 21st century endeavor.
Please give me constructive feedback on whether I should post my idea here or share it in some other way.

Annette

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