Julie
08-20-2009, 07:36 AM
I tried to keep this private but since it has continued to be made public, I need to clarify a few things. I signed up apparently a long time ago for the cutter challenge. I didn’t sign up just to get free files. I intended to do it. But life got in the way. In fact I completely forgot about it until just a couple of days ago. I don’t get on this forum very often so I didn’t get the reminder message. There is nothing I can do to fix that now. When I read the private message I could not believe they were going to post a list of “missing entry members to refer to for next challenge”. I went back to look at the Challenge “rules” and nowhere does it state that this will be done. And who exactly needs to refer to this list on a PUBLIC forum? I can only conclude that this was done to embarrass these members and give all the other “good” members the right to point fingers and pass judgment. The RIGHT thing to do would have been to keep this list private for future reference. I was also told in this thumbs down private message that I would be given a “flake strike” if I did not comply and would not be allowed to participate in the next challenge. Fair enough as this is stated in the rules. It went on to say that 2 FLAKE strikes and you are banned from any further challenges. This is NOT in the rules that I can find. Please understand I am not saying I was right in not submitting something or for forgetting the challenge. My disappointment is that you feel it is ok to broadcast this on the Internet. There isn’t anything for you to gain by that. As for my private email to Chris about this matter, I NEVER said her files weren’t worth a dime. I never said that. I said it did not “cost” her a dime to send those files. They are digital. I never said her time to create them wasn’t worth anything. I love Chris’s files and think they are exceptional quality. I was personally called out on a public forum and I have the right to speak up about it. Regardless of whether you think my feelings matter or not does not mean it’s ok for you to dismiss me as a “flaker”. I don’t understand why people hide behind forum messages, emails, blogs, etc. and say nasty things about people when they would never say it to their face. Did anyone give that list of people the benefit of the doubt? What if you learned that one of those members had died, or had a close family member die. What if their computer crashed? What if their cutter quit working? LOTS of things could have happened. Would it still be ok for you to label them? I shared with Chris a personal story that happened to my family the week of August 1. I’m not looking for sympathy here so I will keep it to myself. But I told her that I am very glad I did not log on and read the private message or saw my name on that list during that week. It would have added more grief to the worst tragedy my family has ever faced. I’m sorry that some of you think I am “not worth a second thought” but my family and friends think that I am. This whole situation may not matter to any of you. I’m just a name on a computer screen. But it was personal to me.
Julie
Julie