Match disapproval to the conduct being addressed
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In a public statement, the gardeners chose to censure a mocking leaflet that portrayed unsuccessful applicants as deserving humiliation. The facilitator chose to reprove a volunteer for inflating the petition's support, asking him to count only signatures actually received. Repeated evasions began to exasperate the volunteers who had set aside an evening to resolve the dispute. The meeting record distinguished a public expression of strong disapproval, a corrective criticism of a misleading count, and the intense frustration caused by the exchange's failure to progress.
To censure the leaflet was to express strong disapproval, not to prohibit its circulation or establish a penalty that the record never specified. To reprove the volunteer was to criticize the inflated count and seek an accurate statement of support while the meeting continued. The unresolved evasions could still exasperate those present even after both responses had been recorded. The facilitator therefore returned to one unanswered question at a time, making the next step explicit rather than assuming that a reprimand alone would settle every practical issue.
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