[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

tell us what it was like . . .

[null and void]

Early on fun and educational. I learned lots of useful stuff, made a whole new set of friends, and felt I was part of something bigger than myself, and worthy of my efforts.

Then I started to get glimpses of the guy behind the curtain. I saw several instances of where internal turf wars prevented progress towards the stated goals and purposes of the organization.

As I became more aware of the internal politics, I started to encounter occasions where church leaders were actively preventing members from using the Tech in their daily lives.

Weird things started to happen, like a new executive post called "International Finance Dictator".

If you've read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that was my life!

There was even a Policy Letter titled Jokers and Degraders, that said in effect, anyone with a sense of humor was a suppressive person.