I don't think any of us or any of those participants in the future want to see the Forum Board or the magazine "killed" or "die" or do poorly. What has been done so far is good, informative and useful.

For my part at least, any comments that seemed negative were meant to be helpful suggestions for IMPROVEMENT. If no one points out errors, mistakes, or short comings how is one to know what items or parts need work or improvement?. Without comments, critique, and outside review one keeps proceeding at the same rate or on the same path and the "mistakes" eventually "kill" you and or Others eventually "out do" you. Criticism can be taken positively or negatively. Comprehended positively leads to improvement and better able to compete, whereas taken negatively it usually leads to primarily "hard feelings". And where does that last one get you?

If no one cares about a topic they usually won't bother to comment or critique. How the comments are handled is most important.


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