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Excellent Discussion, Well Met
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Mon, 5 Feb 2001 16:02:10 GMT
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When I wrote the original reply to the proposal last Friday, I knew what I
was letting myself in for and braced very hard this morning for the
onslaught of Pandora's Box.
However, after reading every followup in the thread, I must say that I am
impressed with the level tone that has been maintained in this discussion.
For the most part, my comments were received in the civility that I intended
them. There's always the one party that takes these kind of comments a
little too personally and leans towards the defensive, but I expected that.
At least two of the responses ask if I am volunteering my time to the
ongoing efforts to formalize an LDRAW organization. Let me answer that by
saying that if I can help out in any way, just let me know what needs to be
done and we'll go from there.
I appreciate the correction to my assumption that LDRAW was public domain.
It is not and I should have been more specific; I have a tendency to use the
words "public domain" when I mean "freeware" (at least I haven't seen any
direct mention of cost associated with the program).
Personally, I feel I owe LUGNET and its members a great deal for their
open-mindedness, encouragement, and integrity when dealing with tough issues
like this. It tells me that I can continue to communicate with them about a
subject we all know and love without fear of retribution.
I'm not sure what this group needs in the way of skills, but for the record
I am a full-time technical writer working for Cisco Systems. I majored in
English at UTSA and dabbled in computer science before I realized I was not
talented in this area; however, last Friday I did complete an online course
on UNIX basics. I spend a great deal of time doing non-technical writing as
well. If this helps, great.
Carry on smartly.
Peace,
Pat
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| (...) I have no official standing to delegate anything but if someone doesn't jump up and latch on to you I will be very surprised, as there are a number of areas within the site and elsewhere, where either word smithing, or worse, out and out (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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