To Post, or Not to Post?

Age old questions must be good ones, because they always seem to come back to us in varying forms.

To be, or not to be; to post or not to post?

For those who did read over the weekend, and many seem to simply enjoy getting away from the computer (as I have to admit I pretty much checked out this past weekend in favor of great weather), they are aware that I've been accused of bias against the skateboarders based on my coverage and writing.

After attempting to address these accusations in comments last night and again this morning, I conducted my morning search of articles and found but one, by JD Malone of the Express-Times, titled "Skateboarders on thin ice with some."

Hmmm. To Post, or Not to Post?

Seems to me based on the responses I received from one individual, I can't win no matter what I do or don't do. So that tells me to go ahead, but again, will it look like I'm putting it in someone's face if I run with this? It could.

I've got no childhood mentor's skull to speak with (Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well Horatio, a man of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy, he hath bore me on his back a thousand times - or something like that, I'm sure senior English with Mr. Newman is flooding back to everyone now as it is for me), but I've still got guidance in terms of what I wanted with this site. The point was to share information and give people an opportunity to report on events and activities as well as myself. There is original content and there is reporting on the reporting. Of course there are also comments about all of it.

There were some complaints that I didn't recently cover certain events. To anyone, regardless of the event or activity, if you'd like information posted, email it to me and if it relates to Nazareth I'll post it. If you want to regularly contribute, I'll give you an invite and like Brad you can post whenever you want.

There was also a complaint about my not having a certain event on the community calendar. This calendar is open to all. Anyone can post an event (you do have to have a yahoo! account) and then join the newsovercoffee group. Once your event is created, send the event to the group, and it will be included.

At the end of the day, I wanted a site that allowed people to do things for themself instead of relying on me to do all the work. I had hoped it would grow into a community of contributors. It hasn't gotten that far yet, with most people reading and some sending me ideas or posts on occassion. I appreciate that input as it is helpful. I think as people become even more comfortable with the technology and less fearful of their posts being criticized/flamed, more will join in and provide information about their service organizations events, plans, meetings, etc.

I'm very glad that the library has sent some book reviews my way and if anyone has read anything lately (say, Harry Potter?) don't hesitate to send me a review. I'd love to post as many book reviews as possible. I'm always looking for something else to read, which I guess brings me back to Will S. and his famous words.

I think regardless of the calls of bias, my integrity would be compromised if I let a couple people's comments stop me from making a post about a topic, so here it is, feel free to read JD Malone's article about the skateboarders (you can do so here), comment, and the next time you have a story, been to an event, or read a book, don't forget to write it up and send it along to me.
Have a great week!