Namely that it makes no sense to fight each other when there are serious enemies out there to battle.
YOU WROTE: I, for one, have never quite understood the reasoning of some who felt it necessary somehow to handle publicly what were strictly personal disagreements centered solely on private conversations and personal business arrangments to which none on the Forum were privy or to keep tabs on those no longer associated in any way with the Forum.
I just answered the question I was asked using value neutral language. But if you believe what you assert in the above paragraph, why did bother to post what you did, thereby performing precisely what you cautioned against?
I am not taking the usual bait on this. If you believe this is a private matter, take it up privately.
To the contrary. I think the reputation of the DC Chapter is a very public matter. And I'll also note that it's not your fault in the least the subject was brought up.
While I can appreciate the motivation at times for explaining privately comments made publicly on the forum, this isn't one of them.
I've offered what I think are some perfectly understandable and logical reasons the DC Chapter wants to stay "as-is" and I see no reason anyone couldn't come to those same conclusions, ignore the subject entirely or direct all questions directly to Angelwood or Kristinn ... it being always best to go to straight to the source as I did when I wrote to you.
(Not that I don't appreciate Jim's making things perfectly clear in your stead.)
Regards.