CHANGES TO THE FORUMS

Bribes? Is every donation or contribution that our teams or committees receive from a business or individual a bribe? In most communities businesses that support local teams, school playgrounds and other projects are appreciated. Is it a bribe just because you don't want them to build a hospital in Broadlands? I see it as a sign of their support of our community.

BRMC owns 50+ acres of Broadlands land whether they ultimately build a hospital on it or not. You may not like it but they are already a part of the community.

 

Actually, business contributing back to the communities in which they exist is normal (alhough many do it through a marketing budget which is just another form of buying poeple). Trying to buy support in order to get community and civic approval for existence is less acceptable (although altogether too normal). They don't exist here, they have been disapproved, and they are putting a lot of money into the favorite charities of the people they want to like them. So I call that bribe.

 

How do you figure they've been disapproved? The state approved their COPN application for BRMC in Broadlands and the BOS hasn't decided on their zoning application yet.

As already mentioned, they own the land in Broadlands, so they are part of our community whether you agree with them building a hospital or not. If they didn't support the community and someone mentioned that here, would you then be complaining about them not supporting the community?

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Isn't there a rule about personal attacks? Even this thinly veiled one. Sorry, I'm not a Chris supporter but I am against a hospital that isn't needed. Sorry you can't tell that difference.

 

hmmm again that is entirely your opinion, there are many of us that think a hospital is needed.

 

note: this is not a pro/con hca thread...take it elsewhere.

 

Mearen,

I don't know how you can say or imagine that I was ever a Chris supporter! Maybe you should review some of my previous posts if you have that misunderstanding. Some people, including me, might consider your calling me a Chris support a personal attack, so I'll edit out my earlier comment.

I don't have a problem with your posts or any other posters that oppose the hospital as long as they provide facts and not fiction. And, I don't have a problem if someone just plain opposes the hospital because they just don't want it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion just as I am.

However, I do have a problem with posters that make up their own "facts" or don't know the facts, such as the post I responded to that stated the hospital had been "disapproved." If this happened recently and I missed it, I'm sorry. Did the state reverse their COPN approval?

 

Even Chris and LHC admitted that Loudoun needs another hospital. Projected growth rates in eastern Loudoun make it a clear need.

 

Thought those of you that think being a For profit hospital doesn't affect the quality of healthcare might find this article of some interest. Happy Reading, Donna
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040608/wl_canada_nm/canada_health_hospitals_col_4

 

What does this have to do with the forum topic of "CHANGES TO THE FORUMS"? Perhaps you should open a new thread rather than posting this here.

 

Thats what I keep saying. All these pro/con hospital zealots seem to hijack every thread. There's nothing wrong with having an opinion, but don't express it in every thread.

 

I apologize, I thought this was another HCA thread seeing as though this thread started with the Chris/Maryjo, et al poster and how He/she/it created all these problems between Pro/Anti HCA. It sure seems to me that some of the other posters on this thread also think the topic is HCA related. I agree it does seem a lot of threads turn into a hospital topic, but "Changes to the Forum" started because of an HCA issue.

 

This thread started because someone (with a stong HCA opinion) had multiple accounts.

 

Donna, why don't you just re-post your article in the "Open HCA Thread" thread? Everyone can then feel free to comment on it. Any further posts in this thread should be limited to comments regarding the proposed changes for membership in these forums.

As stated before, I am in favor of the proposed changes as long as current members won't need to open up a new account in order to continue using the forums.

 

Since it was only posted here, I'll respond here.
Read Donna's link about hospital care.......
Written in Canada, home of socialized medicine. Gee, what a surprise they determine for-profit hospitals don't work. Don't know many Americans that have run to Canada for healthcare, but have met many who clearly point out our choices and quality here in the US is vastly superior to that in Canada.
As far as executive salaries, those at the local not-for-profit are staggering compared to those at the for-profit..

 

Pats fan-
We discussed the changes to the forums at the last HOA Board meeting. We probably will not require current users to re-register unless they are using a "free" email account and want to continue using it.

 

I thought you were going to grandfather current users. Not everyone uses the email that Adelphia and other ISPs provide.

 

It is possible to change the e-mail address for your current account. I would have no problem changing mine to my openband/adelphia/etc. account for the purposes of these forums if requested/required.

 

I have an issue w/ it (surprise!). I don't check those accounts, ever. I don't want to use those accounts. And I can easily circumvent the premise behind using corporate accounts by setting up email accounts on some of the free or low cost web hosts. If a troll really wants to infiltrate these boards the will and the only way to stop it is by what the Admins did w/ Chris. Anything else is just a band-aid and a hassle to the current users. I think that most people on here now are well known not to be trolls and those who are trolls we know (Stephanie, Killer Bee).

 

I just re-read Cliff's post -- it looks like we will only need to re-register (presumably with name/address/phone number information) if we are using a free e-mail account AND wish to continue using this free account.

Is there a way to allow current users who wish to maintain their free e-mail addresses to "register" this information without sacrificing their member names (and, of course, their all-important member status )?