I have stayed well out of all of this back-and-forth, but there is just one thing I would like to say.
I appreciate what I have ben previously told that the ECA must focus on the US at the moment due to the current situation, however, being from the UK, I do not feel that the ECA is in any way even trying represent itself as a world-wide organisation (hell, even the logo shows the globe, but actually only depicts America - which gave me a giggle). As a result of this, I do not feel as if I really have any right to comment on anything the ECA says / does, etc.
Notwithstanding that, the point I wanted to make is this: when I joined ECF a couple of months ago, so many people were complaining in so many posts on so many threads that it wasn't their job to try and ensure that these things were kept legal and that the suppliers should be getting off their backsides and working together to try and do something. They are the ones making the money and so they are the ones who should be paying through the nose to get something done.
Well, guess what? The suppliers listened to the voices of their customers. They have banded together, and they are putting their money where their mouths are, and in return theyv are receiving more abuse/keyboard aggression!
Don't get me wrong, I think that the ECA has a long way to go and that pertinent questions should be asked, but, these are people who are doing something they have never done before. The ECA is still in it infancy and the people in it are finding their footing. Yes, they are going to have to learn fast, and yes, people should be raising questions, but outright criticism without any positive suggestions isn't going to help anyone in the end, IMHO.
I appreciate what I have ben previously told that the ECA must focus on the US at the moment due to the current situation, however, being from the UK, I do not feel that the ECA is in any way even trying represent itself as a world-wide organisation (hell, even the logo shows the globe, but actually only depicts America - which gave me a giggle). As a result of this, I do not feel as if I really have any right to comment on anything the ECA says / does, etc.
Notwithstanding that, the point I wanted to make is this: when I joined ECF a couple of months ago, so many people were complaining in so many posts on so many threads that it wasn't their job to try and ensure that these things were kept legal and that the suppliers should be getting off their backsides and working together to try and do something. They are the ones making the money and so they are the ones who should be paying through the nose to get something done.
Well, guess what? The suppliers listened to the voices of their customers. They have banded together, and they are putting their money where their mouths are, and in return theyv are receiving more abuse/keyboard aggression!
Don't get me wrong, I think that the ECA has a long way to go and that pertinent questions should be asked, but, these are people who are doing something they have never done before. The ECA is still in it infancy and the people in it are finding their footing. Yes, they are going to have to learn fast, and yes, people should be raising questions, but outright criticism without any positive suggestions isn't going to help anyone in the end, IMHO.
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