Jon,

I appreciate your prompt reply to my PM of concern. Now that people have begun posting, of course there is no question now of deleting the thread, even if you were to request it.

What I have noticed over the time I have known you is that you get frustrated when you see a problem you can't help solve, and then when you offer help and it's not accepted, for whatever reason someone might have not to accept it, you feel so unappreciated that you go beyond what would be a resasonable cource of action. Soon people will begin posting "Jon's right, I agree, yada yada yada...." And that will make you feel better for a time, that people agreed with your idea. It's a regular cycle of behavior, with you, Jon, and each time it seems to make sense at the time and then later you realize.... it didn't make sense, really.

But this is not your site to lead. All these threads accomplish, when you start them, is to distract people from the things they are already doing to improve the site, and get others even more frustrated than they already were, about how long that is taking.

Max knows what Max needs to do, and he knows when and how to ask for help. He may, for istance, be in the process of planning whatever governing mechanism would be necessary if he receives grant funding. The point is, it's Max who has to do what makes sense to Max to do, and none of the rest of us knows enough about all the complexities involved to advise him, at this point.

So to offer advice, in such a fashion that it becomes pressure, is just not helpful.

Again, this is not your site to lead, your problem to solve, your area in which to give unsolicited advice. The reasons for that fact should remain between you and Max, and a thread like this does nothing to resolve them.

BUT-- you don't need Mudcat to be anything other than it is, or to get appreciation here. You have your OWN things where you lead, solve problems, and solicit and exchange advice. Could I suggest, as your friend, that you keep your focus there, where you really ARE appreciated more than you know?

love,

~Susan