Hi Peggy!! So good to reconnect with you! 26 years, really? Has it been that long? Man, I must be really getting old. Thank you, and it is good to be back home!
Warm regards, Murli On Mon, 6 Jun, 2022, 12:01 am Peggy Holman, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Murli, > > What a treat to hear some of your story! > > I am forever grateful to you for starting OSlist in December 1996. I had > never heard of a listserv before you created this one. You gave our > fledgling community a way to connect. That started a learning journey in > which we dove deeply into exploring what the principles and law of Open > Space meant to each of us, shared stories of our experiments in opening > space, and asked and gave each other support. How amazing that it continues > to feed us 26 years later! > > For fun, I’ve put your inaugural message below. > > Welcome back! > > Warmly, > Peggy > > ________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Co-founder > Journalism That Matters > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 206-948-0432 > www.journalismthatmatters.org > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com> > > > > > > On Dec 13, 1996, at 2:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Friends, OpenSpacers, and worldfolk, > > Prompted by Peggy's posting I've set up a discussion list for all who have > email. Any message posted to this list will automatically be distributed > to anyone subscribed to this list. This way we can have an unstructured > discussion going in opencyberspace. > > To subscribe to the list, send the following electronic message: > > SUBSCRIBE OSLIST firstname lastname > > (Nothing more, just that; no subject, no signature, nothing else. > Substitute your first name and your last name for "firstname" and > "lastname". If you don't have either a first or last name, invent, borrow, > or steal one). > > Send this message to the following email address: > > [email protected] > > You will receive confirmation of your subscription along with instructions. > PLEASE SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR HARD DRIVE AND REFER TO THEM EARLY > AND OFTEN INTO THE FUTURE, AND ESP. WHEN YOU WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE. > > Once you are subscribed (i.e., have received confirmation), you may post > messages to the list by sending your messages to: > > [email protected] > > NOTE that this email address is different from the first one. This is not > a mistake. The first one you use only to subscribe and for some other > housekeeping tasks that we can talk about later, if you're not familiar > with this set up. After you subscribe you only need to be concerned with > this second email address if all you want to do is post messages (and > receive them, of course). > > That's it! > > (NOTE TO EXPERTS: Sorry about being long winded--the instructions are meant > to help those who are not familiar with the annoying idiosyncrasies of > current LISTSERVers.) > > Peace. > > murli > > Murli Nagasundaram, Ph.D > Asst. Professor, Computer Information Systems > College of Business, Boise State University > Boise, ID 83725-1615 USA > .......................................................................... > voice:(208) 385-3905; fax:(208) 385-1135; email:[email protected] > Home Page: http://www.idbsu.edu/business/murli/ > .......................................................................... > Minds are like parachutes-they operate only when they are open > --Anon, that prolific quotist > > > ******************************* > > > > > > > On May 30, 2022, at 3:25 AM, Murli N <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pleasantly surprised to receive a message from OSLIST! Delighted that the > discussion group I merely created two decades ago, not only exists but is > likely thriving. > > I had to hand over the reins--to Peggy Holman, I think--a decade or > more--perhaps 15 years--ago when I moved to India to care for my aged > parents and help my autism spectrum son navigate the ocean of life. > > Much water has flown since. > > OSLIST had to move off the Boise State University server since I was no > longer an employee. My dear friend and former colleague Rob Anson assumed > responsibility since he remained an employee. That option vanished at some > point and the list had to be migrated to either Yahoogroups or Google > Groups, I don't recall which. > > And now you have a list running under the OSLIST.org domain, which is > fantastic! > > Thank you for including me in the group. I have been out of touch for so > long and have forgotten so much. My parents have passed on and my child is > a young man struggling to make sense of a world that seems unwilling or > unable to understand and accommodate him. I am officially a senior citizen > and cannot stay up very late, eat much or binge on unhealthy foods. Peace > and quiet beats activity and excitement. Hours spent in contemplation don't > bore me at all. I'd rather have a long, deep, conversation with a close > friend than party with boisterous crowds. I enjoy watching black and white > films from the 1920s-50s far more than any film made after that period, and > rarely any made after 1980. Old fashioned music where the singer has a good > voice that is not drowned out by the instrumentation and the lyrics are > intelligent warms my spirits. And I am happy in the company of small > children and animals; their hearts are pure and their enthusiasm is genuine > and unrestrained. > > Thank you once again and very glad to be here. > > Warm regards, > > Murli > > On Sun, 29 May, 2022, 9:03 pm John Watkins, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’m so pleased to be here now with all of you from whom I have learned so >> much over the years! Many lovely more years to come in our new home! >> >> John Watkins >> >> Sent from John's iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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