Ok, ok, ok....time out. Adam, I think you've made your point well on this last explaination you gave. I had to go back and read your first post twice for me to get what you were saying. Not that it wasn't clearly written but for some reason it seemed to emphasize the list position more than your reason for wanting the move. Again, it's not that it wasn't clearly written, it's just the way my mind works and probably other here too. I think you were correct that that should have been in a PM but since we've gone public with this here we are. I appreciate what you want to do and I know you are eager to contribute more than take away simply because I know you very well. Everyone else does not however, so I respect their concerns as well. It's not personal, it's unfortunately about past history in similar efforts that didn't go well. It's not like all of us live in the same community, see each other at the kids soccer games, local bar, work, etc. every day and have the sense of trust that comes with genuine familiarity. We are an electronic and somewhat anonymous community living mostly behind our words here. Familiarity and trust takes a lot longer here and generally requires people engage in some sort of exchange of goods over time (not always but generally that seems to be the case). I've watched the forum longer than I've been a memeber and have studied the LPM society well. It's pretty simple to get along and build a good reputation, but that doesn't mean it's easy.
I am in a tricky, somewhat delicate position here. On the one hand I am friends with you and want to see you succeed here as a successful LPM contributor and eventually a trusted veteran. You've earned my trust. On the other hand, I do not expect anyone here to feel obligated to extend their trust on my behalf and that's why my solution was to put you where I put you. While I personally would be ok with having you anywhere on the list, I'm not going to take that liberty now. It's not my liberty to take as the organizer and I never intended it to be.
I think I have a solution that will make everyone happy and turn this into a good opportunity for everyone, let you earn some reputation and trust around here, and leave the list exactly the way it is. Basically it's a way for everyone to get what they want. Since I am the organizer I will incur the expense of it myself. I will PM you later and explain.
Two more to add to the list a little later, possibly three.
Found more cool stuff today in my call room I forgot about. Pretty sad when your stashing excess stuff in a call room.
Cheers!
