Ahhh having written all this i thought I'd better go back and check my own scorecard from when i first joined...... and.....well i wasn't the worst but not the best either...i did review other people's posts, but i guess not as much as i would now wish i had've done.....and then i disappeared off for a long time...although that was more to do with life circumstances than anything to do with the forum....but even so, i guess that made me one of the fly-by-nights....
So now i feel bad about all the ball breaking!!
It got me to thinking about how it feels when you're new. I kind of feel like part of the furniture now, so I'd forgotten what it was like..... I guess I've kind of been new twice. The first time i don't remember that well, but the second time i do remember how it felt. I'd forgotten, but i now remember...it was nerve-wracking. Partly cos of being brand new to songwriting/sharing, and partly cos of being brand new to a community of people who all seem to know each other and you don't know whether you'll be accepted....
I always felt that it's important to welcome people first (and bust their balls later
) but still, i am resolving to be more generous with the benefit of the doubt..... After all, it took me about 18 months to become the fabulous forumite that i am now
Even so, i really want to encourage anyone who's wavering between being the fly-by-night and actually stopping in for a while and getting involved to pick the latter.....................sooooooooooo much the better choice!
Ok, sermon over........ no more forum distractions.......i should be learning about "negotiating and contracting in procurement and supply"........back in a couple of weeks to practise what i preach!
