Overview
Let caution be your guide when you enter into a new group setting today. You are very community-oriented and ready to collaborate, but you will only be able to do so effectively if you understand that there are real obstacles still to overcome. This isn't the time for a Pollyanna-like optimism -- that will create a huge tangle of vague logic. You need to face facts and admit to problems as early as you can -- that is the only way you can move past them.
