In reply to Matt.

@matt: While your concern is valid, I am really disappointed by the way you express it. Come on, Matt, you are royalty and the entire community looks up to you. When I was totally anxious about my first talk during a WordCamp that is coming up later this week and talked to my EmCee (Carole Olinger) about it, this is what she said: "The audience is the WordPress Community: everybody WANTS you to succeed!". THAT is the message, I think, we WordPress stands for. THAT is the message we want current and future WordPress users to remember. The world has enough people talking them down. I think the world needs more communities that offer encouragement and nurturing. And in order for that to be the way we roll, all over the community, we need our leadership team to set that example.