Susanl, beautifully said! The session I attend was created specifically to encourage people to play, but after seven years, there are still people who have not made any progress in their skill level at all. I try very hard to encourage new drum players, but it is painfully obvious that most of them don't even think of their drum in the six days between session night, let alone practice.

I'm not expecting perfection. I am far from perfect myself. I do, however, expect that drummers/shaky eggers/boners...uh, you know what I mean... show either restraint or improvement of some sort.