> Ai csy,
>
> Thanks for your post.
> Ever since you made your debut at SCH on Nov 19, 2000, you have been a
> strong supporter of this forum with just under 500 messages. Thank you
> for all that!!
>
> Looking back, some interesting thoght flood my mind. i still remember
> the day, one day I woke up and suddenly realised that SCH is a Hmong
> forum, and if we, as members of the Hmong people do not claim ownership
> then who will?
>
> But many of us, at that early time, also realised that each one of us
> here is different and how would the forum be managed. Chaos! It could
> go out of control! Kue Xiong (who set up Hmong Language group) and I
> spent many hours on the phone chatting about all the potential mine
> fields that lay ahead of SCH when it was launch in 1996 ( some of you
> may have noted that Kue Xiong was so concern about all the awaiting
> problems that he was the one person voted against the creation of SCH -
> but once it was passed, he, with his internet experience, became the
> main anchor behind SCH - he physically backup every post on his hard
> disk and archived at St Olaf college).
>
> At that early time, I can only hope and be happy, while not able to
> agree on every issue, as long as we learn to respect each other." And,
> I think many members have done well on that regards... so we all need a
> pat our own back as well.
>
> BUT on this 10th Year anniversary, I like to pay special tribute to Kue
> Xiong (Txwv Xyooj KWV who died in late 2000) who had done so many
> things quietly in the background to ensure that SCH is running smoothly
> in the early days. He is a totally dedicated man and deserve every pat
> on the back - what a graet loss when he died at such tender age.
>
> As Tom and others have said already, SCH is a two-blade sword. We can
> use it either way and nature does not favor one way over another.
> Either way, we will get results! As a preacher friend told me, "God
> has given us the POWR of CHOICE". So, the future is really up to our
> choice, from minute to minute. We have a choice and we need to take
> control of our choices.
>
> For me, my only suggestion to our members of SCH is that we will not be
> able to agree on every issue, as always - that is only natrural - but
> as long as we learn to respect each other, as many oldies SCH members
> have done so superly over the last 10 years, take note of each other's
> opinion and just say, "yeah I hear what you say and I understand what
> you mean (based on where you are from with what you have
> got/learned...)"... and I agree or disagree with you. If you like, you
> can share your different idea then just conclude, "In any case, I
> respect your opinion."
>
> For the future? How to improve SCH?
> To this, it is EASY. All our SCH members need to do is simply,
> "IMPROVING OURSELVES IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES and SCH IS MADE BETTER"
>
> Life is too short to quareal with minor issue.
> Just focus MAJOR ON THE MAJOR issue. Deal with the mionor later or if
> time permit.
>
> More later...
>
> Pao
> "Nobody ever does his best; that's why we all have a good chance to do
> better".