Never one to be able to withstand peer pressure, I too will scribble for the cause.
And what's all this about a mouldering badger?! Probably a member of my family.... BG >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed Nov 02 07:12:46 CST 2005 >To: [email protected] >Subject: FLUXLIST: An Historical Atlas of Fluxlist - Proposal > >An Historical Atlas of Fluxlist > > > >Fluxlist has effectively evolved into a small community, an example of the >'global village' at its most, well villagy (sp?). Village elders and village >idiots, friends and vague acquaintances, over the back fence chatters, curtain >twitchers, the odd recluse and a whole host of folks who just go about their >daily business, minding their own and showing up at the odd parish meeting to >put their two pennerth in. On occasion itinerant travellers wander through >offering wares varying from the delightful to the downright dubious. Sometimes >the circus turns up and erects its big-top in the carpark, sometimes hooligans >from neighbouring villages show up and cause fights in the pub. People pass >away and are mourned, people get married, have babies and their neighbours >raise their glasses in acknowledgement. Sometimes new villagers turn up out >of the blue and others up sticks and move away to the city. > >The strange thing is that most of the villagers live thousands of miles away >from each other, many have never met any of the others, some have met but a >handful, many can not put a face to the name and most a probably quite unaware >of the existence of some of the remainder. > > > >The idea is this: > >To construct an historical and geographical atlas of fluxlist, past and >present. > >Each current member of Fluxlist is invited to write about another - a >biographical piece placing that person geographically, historically and >contextually into the story of Fluxlist. > > > >These biographical pieces may be based on truth or complete fantasy. Pieces >may vary in length, there being no maximum or minimum enforced and may be >written in any language deemed appropriate by the author. Anecdotes and >stories of bravery, stupidity or particularly successful dinner parties, >artworks and animals, music and missing weekends. When and how they joined >Fluxlist, motives and mysterious sudden disappearances. Notable contributions >to Fluxlist, faux pas and folly. Place of birth, date of birth, date of first >date and outcome. Famous/noted/ignored for... Place of abode, distance >travelled by bicycle, bravelled by tricycle and amount of interest in % of >learning to unicycle. > >Information on place of abode, including address, city, state, country etc. > >Participants may produce as many 'biographies' as they wish. > > > > > >Or you could write something completely different. > > > >The aim is document Fluxlist to date, to produce something which records >Fluxlist membership at various levels, not just names but information about >the person, a short biography (as stated) and information about their >geographical location (and their location in time if you so wish). > > > >Entries may be duplicated. In fact duplicate entries, especially about >'active' members, are to be encouraged thus building up a broader view of the >individual. > > > >Eventually the biographies will be used to build up a 'map' of Fluxlist. > > > >The aim is to publish this 'atlas', eventually, as an actual book if costs are >not too prohibitive, and in digital format (PDF and HTML) > > > >Those interested in contributing are kindly requested to let me know within >the next week or so. > > > >Thanks > > > >Alan
