On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 2:02:05 AM UTC+2, Jason wrote: > > This list has been active for over 20 years (since 1998), but to my > knowledge there has never been an organized event for for members of this > list to meet and discuss topics in person. >
The small European side has always tried to reach out to each other. No success record but a few discussions were had in person. > > Is this something any participants of this list be interested in, > attending and perhaps presenting at, should such an event were to be > organized? > > I think in-person panels/presentations/discussions it could do a lot to > overcome some long-standing debates on this list. > > If you are interested, I have created an anonymous survey form: > https://forms.gle/AKHxJpeYUgv35g2J7 > > I welcome others to share thoughts, comments, concerns, on whether this > idea does or does not make sense. > Any positive initiative towards meeting folks in person, outside the anomie kind of void of staring into screens through impersonal screen names, is a responsible use of personal freedom. Go see things and people for yourself. Not to swallow everything we read on a screen. Of course it can turn out to be a disappointment. That's why it matters though. Being there for ourselves and others beyond predictable typed responses. The prevalent attitude and certainty at least from some European folk on this list... to never even try, to shoot anybody with "ambition" to explore and open ourselves to others beyond the keyboard, as if it were a crime... I've never understood that. PGC > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
