BOARD LOYALTY, Your views please... Options

[Guest_Xanadu_*]

This morning I received a personal message from the poetry director of poetry board that left me scratching my head. The message indicated that the director was not pleased that I had been posting on other boards and brought into question my loyalty to the directors board. It went on the say that the idea put a "bad taste in her mouth."
She went on to further suggest that the only reason I was doing it was to get nominations for the IPBC
Yes, I do post on several boards. My intention was to get back as much feedback as I possibly could. I wanted to see if the reviews were consistent. Not one to put all my eggs in one basket, I determined to spread myself around a tad. At the time, I was on one board, and had been for many months. I did not see any harm in joining another board.
I would be very interested in your views on this subject. Isn`t the idea of posting your work on line that of being read by more than 20 people?

[Cleo_Serapis]

One of the folks I pinged at the IBPC and I have the same feelings about the workshopping expectations:

Part of being creative is allowing yourself to have a little fun, and be free to take on tangents to build upon that relationship along the way. By definition, a workshop is supposed to be constructive, but there are good ways to go about it and then there are bad ways. I'd much rather ban the harsh critic who says nothing constructive and comes off as insulting, and keep the poets who keep the threads alive, tangents included after critiquing a poem, to thank them for their time and energy put forth to help you grow.

"A forum by definition is where all can share their ideas. These boards are neither workshops nor forums."