Dear vB.org members..

[Brad]

Recently times havn't been so good around here, everywhere you go it seems people are bickering back and forth or members are turning agenst other members. It seems that somewhere along the line we forgot how to care for each other...

Not long ago I was a ubb/perl convert just coming over to vBulletin. I left one community for this one, that other community was great, but with time grew to be a pit for arguments and rants. vB.org was differnt, there was a sense of family here. If you had a coding error someone would take care of you, and keep a eye on your thread to make sure you got it *just right* and understood why it was broken in the first place.

Without the help of this site, I would still be a novice in php, I owe a lot of my coding ablity to the senior members of this board. Everyday I try to give back and help out as much as I can. Newbies with little experance are tomorrow's top hackers, without them this community will eventally die as the older members numbers grow thiner.

Awhile ago we where debating why this site was created in the first place, this is not the question we should be asking ourselfs. We are dwelling on the past and it is taking us no where. The question we should be asking ourselfs is 'Where should this site be going?'.

As a vBulletin customer I encourage you to really think about that question, then contact wayne luke about the issues. There is a reason he was apointed to oversee these resource communitys. If you even want to begin to see change you need to voice yourself, we (the resource staff) meet on a regular basis to disscuss issues with these sites, so if you want something brought up at these meets you need to let us know.

Also please, please try to cut down on all this public argument. If you have a problem with someone you can always disscuss it via pm or email, the ignore button is there for these situations if they get out of control. And don't forget there is always a higher power you can contact. I understand that some things need to be disscussed in public, but such issues can always get along without flaming, as long as everybody conducts themselves in a professinal manner and sticks to the issues.

I guess i'm just saying that imo it is time for everyone to take a chill pill and relax, enjoy life, a lot of us (including myself i'll admit) seem to be getting way to wrapped up in this vBulletin.org soap oprea. So lets all get away from the computer and get some fresh air, and when everyone has a clear head again lets meet back here and disscuss how we can improve this community.