I get that the focus of PolyCentral has always been social. The powers that be out there never intended to have full-blown support-group type activities
Yep, I'm totally OK if that's the focus. That's just not the publicly stated focus and I'm having a hard time with that. If PolyC was run more like the Freaks list, which is a group of people who aready know each other and want to hang out socially, I'd have no problems with the way things are run.
But when they publicize on the website that they are a place for newcomers to attend and learn and discuss poly issues, and that they're a democracy-run group, only to do the exact opposite in passive-aggressive way ... that's when I have a problem.
I'd love to see ya'll out here and I'd really like to come back down to PolyTampa sometime! The awesome part about meeting at The Center (where OrlandoPoly will be meeting) is that it's a large room filled with couches, a big screen TV and a full kitchen (plus a computer lab), so if the atmosphere and the needs of any given meeting wants to be more socially-focused, it can do that right there by just hanging out!
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Yep, I'm totally OK if that's the focus. That's just not the publicly stated focus and I'm having a hard time with that. If PolyC was run more like the Freaks list, which is a group of people who aready know each other and want to hang out socially, I'd have no problems with the way things are run.
But when they publicize on the website that they are a place for newcomers to attend and learn and discuss poly issues, and that they're a democracy-run group, only to do the exact opposite in passive-aggressive way ... that's when I have a problem.
I'd love to see ya'll out here and I'd really like to come back down to PolyTampa sometime! The awesome part about meeting at The Center (where OrlandoPoly will be meeting) is that it's a large room filled with couches, a big screen TV and a full kitchen (plus a computer lab), so if the atmosphere and the needs of any given meeting wants to be more socially-focused, it can do that right there by just hanging out!