Also, I don’t think that an NCSY -type of program is what Thinking Out Loud is talking about at all. I think he is talking about something that does not involve Kiruv – for people who couldn’t handle kiruv and would be going to Footsteps. I think he is talking about a kind of Frum alternative to Footsteps (although that sounds funny if Footsteps is really as bad as everyone is describing it!). I think the point is that the kind of people who are turning to Footsteps should be able to find what they are looking for in the Frum world so they won’t feel a need to turn to Footsteps.
I’m not saying that I agree (I don’t disagree either, just not sure if I know enough to have an opinion, so I don’t want this taken as a haskama) but I think that is what he/she meant. Am I correct, Thinking out loud?