A player here asked me why I asked them to join our group. I gave the following response:

Interesting request....well I started his group over a year ago with the purpose of meeting varied and different folks, players, social savants and really a cross section of this world of people we live in. This site gave me pause of thought and I realised two things after a year of this.....this really is a very diverse world we live in and people aregenerally social while this site give all the right to just play and lurk if they want. Why did I ask you specifically , I can tell you that those I ask usually have an interesting picture up (they have worked on chess.com a bit and i would NOT mind seeing that image each day), there are some points in your account (meaning you have spoken in groups and team games or in forums or any other participating activity on here, and there is a sense of geography either in world or country (commonality). Lastly each person I ask I hope will 1) join, 2) contribute their own brand (image) positively  to Social Chess Players International, 3) join in team and vote chess matches building our team with your knowledge and skill (any rating works no limit). Thank you for the ? I invite you to join us. In any case I hope you have a pleasant day, your chess games are all winners and you enjoy your time here always

spinfold
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Original Message by Nogette on 2/23/2010 @ 4:21pm:

Sam,

Hello, i was just wondering why you wanted me to join your group. I am currently impartial either, so please try to convince me. Thank you.

-Nogette

Very interesting Sam > you are doing a great job I like the post!