[TheForge] Whoa Dude-you dont even know me!

[Ries Niemi]

On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 05:17 AM, Patty Draper/Bill Robertson 
wrote:

> The founder of our Florida Chapter, Willard Smith, has a saying that 
> there
> are three kinds of people in the world, Givers, Takers and Riders.  
> Those
> who say "I like the glossy magazine and the conference is fun so they 
> are
> doing OK by me are clearly Riders.  Like most organizations there are 
> about
> 5 percent that do 100 percent of the work those are the Givers.  Then 
> there
> are the Takers.  I think it is pretty clear who they are.    Bill
>

Tempers seem to be running pretty high here, when if I defend an 
organisation for the good things it does, I get slammed like this.
I could defend myself at length from this ridiculous accusation- but 
frankly, why?
If you knew me, you wouldnt say that- in fact I will be giving a little 
talk at the upcoming ABANA conference, which I have been working on for 
months now- no pay, just an attempt to share some information I have 
accumulated over the last 25 years. Anyway, I got no trouble sleeping 
at night- I participate in a whole lot of parts of the world, and feel 
just fine about myself.

I dont know you, Bill, so I would never feel I could  judge you in such 
a way.

Some of my favorite people are cantankerous curmudgeons. Who knows- we 
might even like each other.

ries