I have been thinking a lot lately about DCS and to be honest with all of you my heart is heavy right
now. I have been going over and over everything from recent events as well as past ones, from and active DCS to the current lull, etc...
I have been at DCS a good long time and have seen it through its ups and downs but never in my time have I ever witnessed it with such little activity. Yea some have been popping in checking the boards, posting a few things, replying to a few posts, and sporadically talking in chat.
Thing is that up until the most recent events that caused a lot of turmoil here, there has never been a time that I remember where when problems arose that eventually they were not worked thorough all the while activity levels continued and people were always around to help and chat was always active most of the day.
Now the things that happened most recently and the aftermath is what has me most perplexed. All those years we preached forgiveness, being adults, working through our issues, all the while never forsaking DCS, its members both old and new. Yes I know who needs the extra drama and conflict, but to be honest I have never known any public forum that doesnt go through times of drama and conflict every so often the point is we have to learn to move past those times, push forward and continue serving those that need help during one of the most vulnerable times in thier lives, and in fact we must look beyond ourselves, put aside any differences or work through them but we shouldnt let those differences cause us not to want to help others that need it.
I had a differences with another member recently and we both came together after a little urging and we worked through them but at no time did we let those deffernces deter us from doing the very thing that wehave remained for so long to do and that was to help those that need it.
For me it has been indeed frustrating to see what is currently going on at DCS and being the long timer that I am it is very disheartening to see the lack of activity.
Yes I know it is summer and many are on vacations, working, spending more time with their kids, etc... but in my time with DCS there was never a time lacking activity as there is now.
Recently there were some problems in management and it was a chaotic time and management desentigrated for a time and this is something that has never happened in all my time with DCS at least not to this degree and sad to say the issues in management spilled over into the main of DCS.
To be honest I almost wish I had not been a manager during this time but I was. The thought has crossed my mind that I could leave, but my heart wont let me do anything of the sort, not when DCS and its membership need me the most. I dont blame other managers for resigning and I understand why they chose to do so.
What I cant understand is why those members that were so active before all hell broke loose have all but disappeared. Some have returned but others still have not. I notice that a lot of those members are still lurking around. Regardless of what happened, its all in the past now and its time to move forward. There are still hurting people out there that need help, we still have new people coming in hoping for a shoulder, an ear, a kind word, etc... to help make some sense of the turmoil they are currently caught up in. Why negate those hurting souls?
I know that DCS will survive this, and the plans that are being laid out, when they are implemented, I am hoping that the results will be what the members would like to see. We are still working hard to being DCS back but we cant do it alone.
My wish, my hope, is that we can all forgive all that has happened, come to an understanding that some very important lessons were learned that will help negate the possibility of that type of incident from occurring again, that we can once again look past ourselves and get back to helping those in need like we have done for so many years. Any of us that have been with DCS for some time know all to well that when we needed help the most there were so many here for us and that well I dont know about you but I still have the urge, after almost 7 years to pay it forward. My hope is that you will come back and join me and others in doing that very thing.
If you took the time to read this far, thank you for putting up with this long post and understand that I meant it with the best of intentions and no ill will. It is something that has been on my heart for some time know and I just needed to let it out for all to hear.
With all my heart and sincerity,
I have been at DCS a good long time and have seen it through its ups and downs but never in my time have I ever witnessed it with such little activity. Yea some have been popping in checking the boards, posting a few things, replying to a few posts, and sporadically talking in chat.
Thing is that up until the most recent events that caused a lot of turmoil here, there has never been a time that I remember where when problems arose that eventually they were not worked thorough all the while activity levels continued and people were always around to help and chat was always active most of the day.
Now the things that happened most recently and the aftermath is what has me most perplexed. All those years we preached forgiveness, being adults, working through our issues, all the while never forsaking DCS, its members both old and new. Yes I know who needs the extra drama and conflict, but to be honest I have never known any public forum that doesnt go through times of drama and conflict every so often the point is we have to learn to move past those times, push forward and continue serving those that need help during one of the most vulnerable times in thier lives, and in fact we must look beyond ourselves, put aside any differences or work through them but we shouldnt let those differences cause us not to want to help others that need it.
I had a differences with another member recently and we both came together after a little urging and we worked through them but at no time did we let those deffernces deter us from doing the very thing that wehave remained for so long to do and that was to help those that need it.
For me it has been indeed frustrating to see what is currently going on at DCS and being the long timer that I am it is very disheartening to see the lack of activity.
Yes I know it is summer and many are on vacations, working, spending more time with their kids, etc... but in my time with DCS there was never a time lacking activity as there is now.
Recently there were some problems in management and it was a chaotic time and management desentigrated for a time and this is something that has never happened in all my time with DCS at least not to this degree and sad to say the issues in management spilled over into the main of DCS.
To be honest I almost wish I had not been a manager during this time but I was. The thought has crossed my mind that I could leave, but my heart wont let me do anything of the sort, not when DCS and its membership need me the most. I dont blame other managers for resigning and I understand why they chose to do so.
What I cant understand is why those members that were so active before all hell broke loose have all but disappeared. Some have returned but others still have not. I notice that a lot of those members are still lurking around. Regardless of what happened, its all in the past now and its time to move forward. There are still hurting people out there that need help, we still have new people coming in hoping for a shoulder, an ear, a kind word, etc... to help make some sense of the turmoil they are currently caught up in. Why negate those hurting souls?
I know that DCS will survive this, and the plans that are being laid out, when they are implemented, I am hoping that the results will be what the members would like to see. We are still working hard to being DCS back but we cant do it alone.
My wish, my hope, is that we can all forgive all that has happened, come to an understanding that some very important lessons were learned that will help negate the possibility of that type of incident from occurring again, that we can once again look past ourselves and get back to helping those in need like we have done for so many years. Any of us that have been with DCS for some time know all to well that when we needed help the most there were so many here for us and that well I dont know about you but I still have the urge, after almost 7 years to pay it forward. My hope is that you will come back and join me and others in doing that very thing.
If you took the time to read this far, thank you for putting up with this long post and understand that I meant it with the best of intentions and no ill will. It is something that has been on my heart for some time know and I just needed to let it out for all to hear.
With all my heart and sincerity,




