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Originally Posted by EmmaGx View Post
... from the forum? ... not you personally, you the established community ... and I'm not saying you aren't trying to make us feel welcomed, I'm just saying that's the impression I get out there ... I just don't feel welcomed ... and I think that quite probably comes down to the huge influx of new members you've had, there are just too many of us to make it feel like we're becoming contributing members of the communiy, rather than people who are getting in the way and taking up the time of those who currently know more than us ...

... it's about how I feel, not what you're doing ... and at the moment I'm feeling like an outsider, not someone being pulled into the community ...
I take it personal because:

- I'm on the council
- I bust my hump on community relations (Maemo Greeters, community outreach, herding threads here, etc)
- I am constantly greeting (by Thanks) newcomers in the "say hello" thread.

But yeah, it certainly isn't all about me, and I'm not the only one embracing eager newcomers. The numerous Maemo Greeters are doing a bang up job IMO... among many, many others.

With all of the overtures we senior "staff" and others make toward people like yourself, I'm still flummoxed by your statements. Honestly: what more do we need to do? What more can we do? Are we just not progressing fast enough? far enough?
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