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Originally posted by NYMinute:
But I too had to learn this the hard way, through experience and hitting a few brick walls.
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I've hit quite a few myself, but it knocked some sense into me! I try to keep in touch with all my SF's as a form of support (I'm the motherly type) But so many...NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM..Have heads as thick as cement.
I can only help them as far as what I know (how to adress members, how to refer to the Org...etc. otherwise it's like the blind leading the blind.)
But even when I email them to tell them gently.."I wouldn't say ...Hey future sorors" and then explain why and what the possible backlash will be, they comeback with .."Who in the HELL do YOU think you are and I don't see why they would have a problem...blah,blah, blah."
Then I'm like WTF? Maybe it's not my place to try to help them on things that are common knowledge, maybe I should let them get put on blast just as I was when I had my little stank attitude.
It's just that half of me just wants to help them and the other half just simply wants to avoid seeing SOME Sfs make members get aggrivated(sp) with the rest of us. I really don't want to see us lose a good thing. I remember for a while when we all used to chat, members were so fed up that they didn't want to be bothered with any of us. Who could we turn to then?
After being all over the net for some time now and also being a SF for a while, I have to agree with you ladies when you say that The net gives many SFs a false sense of security and bigger balls(excuse me) to say to you members on the net what they wouldn't dream of saying to members on their campus.
[This message has been edited by exquizit (edited May 14, 2001).]