I would second Doug's remarks and suggestion. There's no need to censor anyone, but a bit more focus in the subject description would allow everyone who now participates to continue to do so, but the bulk of the subject matter discussed might be welcomed by more people, who might then rejoin the discussion and make FFL even better.
It was very valuable for me to be able to ask the group if there were people willing to offer me input on a case I'm handling, but to do it off the forum. That way no one else besides those who self-selected had to be subjected to the sordid details. Thanks, Doug. ** --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > ...based on the first 1.5 days of November: > > > > > > Total posts: 323 > > > > > > sparaig: 71 > > > shempmcgurk: 44 > > > authfriend: 42 > > > > > > Almost *half* the total output of the forum... > > > > > > Whole *pages* in Message View that consist > > > of nothing but sparaig, shemp, and Judy > > > arguing with each other, and with MDixon... > > > > > > It's going to be a long, long winter... > > > > > Frankly, I think they should set up their own chat room. > > >They all have some good things > > to offer, but no one seems able to get them to turn down the > quantity, despite repeated > > requests. > > > ...Yes, FFL posts have become mostly personal reply stuff that ought > to go off to the side between them, as the FFL guidelines do > suggest. These folks seem to now hold the platform and the thrill > of performing on it. Unrestrained or having other purposes > evidently. > > I run in to a lot of people here in FF who simply no longer > regularly read FFL or participate in FFL much any more because of > this overly-large volume of off-topic stuff burying the list. For > instance, like with this recent John Kerry 'was right' thread, it > had no point of referal to FF or FFL or the TM.org meditating > community and from the first post was simply a personal exchange > that went on and on. Yes, they have succeeded in off-ing the list > to their own mostly. Stuff like that could be read on the CNN or > FOX news lists. > > Rick, it could help a lot by tightening the language of the FFL > subject description, taking it back from 'anything goes'. That > would give the list back its community purpose that could guide the > FFL community of it. Right now it is without guide here as these > people prove that anything subject goes and they dump it here in FFL. > > This FFL list originally was started to be an open forum discussion > that could be used about FF and FFL, an open forum by contrast with > the TM-org where their hold of 'open' discussion is tightly produced > and controlled in their ways to their end. > > In the community of the TM-org, FFL was unique in that the > discussion could be open to discernment. Because of this internet > form of e-groups which came along, FFL was a fresh breeze for the > meditating community here as it came along and FFL has been a breeze > which has been very helpful to a lot of people as they have looked > at the TM-org and their participation with it. > > In FF, FFL has been incredibly useful because the discernment of > things TM-org can be instant and public here. > > Rick, it would be extremely helpful now to the list here as FFL to > drop the 'anything goes' language from the list description and the > guidelines. Just keep the rest of the list description as is if you > like. Droppping the 'anything goes' language then people can self- > edit and self-govern the list as there is something to write to, and > not just 'anything goes'. The bylaw as you have it written is > untenable and is just running the list down. > > With Kind Regards from FF, > > -Doug > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
