shane2
12-14-2007, 06:19 PM
I never, ever, would have done what I had to do, to get and then donate as much as I did, towards the blimp, if it had not grabbed my attention and imagination like it did.
IOW, that was $ that was not initially available, much less going towards, anything else RP campaign related, none of it, ever, till the blimp idea rose up!
There's going to be projects like that come up, and people like me, and when the way is clear to let em rip, get out of the way! I say that because...
I then went to work encouraging others who were similarly motivated to 'be blimped', and do the same, and started sending them here to the forums to get hooked up and check it all out.
But, unfortunately and disappointedly, I quickly had to stop sending them here because of the spate of droning negativism about it all, well past any constructive criticism, as it was turning my best prospects off, not on!
They were then deprived of all the other good projects and support and direction and encouragement going on here, too, that could have helped them better and more enthusiastically support RP in many different ways.
Anyways, yes, folks need to donate directly to the campaign as much as they can first, especially on bombing days like the Tea Party, but be aware that sometimes some of these other or new projects, like the blimp, unleash imaginations, and then funds, that were never earmarked for any RP project to begin with!
I'll bet that $25,000 blimp donor would agree.
So, yes, we need open discussion and constructive criticism to assure the best expenditure of time/money/energy for every project, but when it crosses the line, like it did here for a spell, we are tragically losing new folks that originally came eager to help make things happen!
- Shane
P.S. - I know most know this, but we need to also go easy on the newbies and go out of your way to welcome them aboard, too, as you've got a ton more lurkers here more apt to sign-up then, and participate, too, if they see they'd likely be treated as well!
IOW, that was $ that was not initially available, much less going towards, anything else RP campaign related, none of it, ever, till the blimp idea rose up!
There's going to be projects like that come up, and people like me, and when the way is clear to let em rip, get out of the way! I say that because...
I then went to work encouraging others who were similarly motivated to 'be blimped', and do the same, and started sending them here to the forums to get hooked up and check it all out.
But, unfortunately and disappointedly, I quickly had to stop sending them here because of the spate of droning negativism about it all, well past any constructive criticism, as it was turning my best prospects off, not on!
They were then deprived of all the other good projects and support and direction and encouragement going on here, too, that could have helped them better and more enthusiastically support RP in many different ways.
Anyways, yes, folks need to donate directly to the campaign as much as they can first, especially on bombing days like the Tea Party, but be aware that sometimes some of these other or new projects, like the blimp, unleash imaginations, and then funds, that were never earmarked for any RP project to begin with!
I'll bet that $25,000 blimp donor would agree.
So, yes, we need open discussion and constructive criticism to assure the best expenditure of time/money/energy for every project, but when it crosses the line, like it did here for a spell, we are tragically losing new folks that originally came eager to help make things happen!
- Shane
P.S. - I know most know this, but we need to also go easy on the newbies and go out of your way to welcome them aboard, too, as you've got a ton more lurkers here more apt to sign-up then, and participate, too, if they see they'd likely be treated as well!