Man, this has been a VERY long year...
Somehow, I have managed to walk a fine line. I manage to get along with everyone. It is interesting to watch, in reality. Everyone comes in, and wants Ron to help them run a roundtable, or event, then he does it once or twice, and they think that they can do it themselves, because Ron makes it look easy, and kick him to the curb.
There really is an interesting dynamic that happens in this industry. We have people that call others drama people, simply because they disagree with them. They claim to want to promote the industry and increase professionalism, and yet want to exclude others. It seems that they particulary want to exclude those that can't, or won't spend money with them.
Some of their intentions seem pure, but there are many of them that just cannot understand that someone might do something out of the goodness of their heart, without a profit motive. I guess for some that is confusing, and then will feel the need to claim someone is the dumbest person ever, and even make claims that they are thieves, or worse, because there is no profit motive.
I think that a lot of people just do not understand that if you are willing to give something away for free, whether it be knowledge, or leads, or equipment, that in all likelihood, you are going to do something that is totally a foreign concept, and receive greater rewards.