What do you suggest for those of us who are participating in the group strictly for the purpose of "Buy(ing) organic(ally)"? My inbox is a busy place...and I really would prefer to just receive notices that pertain to buying opportunities -- which is what I thought we were all about. I honestly didn't anticipate some of the peripheral issues -- nor did I expect to be hearing from folks all over the country!
The one thing that I *had* hoped for (getting to know a group of folks locally, sharing co-op/buying issues rather than more political themes) hasn't really happened, and was perhaps never intended to. (My admittedly limited co-op experiences are of the New England "brick & mortar" variety.) I miss the face to face interaction! I belong to several internet discussion groups, ranging from parenting to allergy issues to frugal living, and I'm used to lots of diverse opinions -- but the common issues are what keep us together, and I'm not seeing that (organic buying issues) coming first here -- at least at this point. It may just make more sense for me to order on my own, and I'm comfortable doing so. I did want to address the issue publically, as I think there may be others feeling the same way. Just my .02 (you can invoice me via PayPal ;) ) -Sue Jeb Bateman wrote: > Hi John! > > Good to hear from you on the friends list again ;-) > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 12:53:43PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Wisconsin here! Well I think that this type of discussion list > > would be very useful, but maybe under a new, separate, discussions > > list, so that the original intent of the friend's list is preserved. > > There is actually already another list for the peace presence effort. > It's called [EMAIL PROTECTED], and is located at: > http://buyorganic.org/mailman/listinfo/peace-presence > > I setup this new list for John Hadder after the first meeting on the > Peace Presence, since people there wanted to keep in touch via email. > > As far as the friends list goes, I expect much of the discussion here > to migrate over to some online topic-based discussion boards, once I > have a chance to set them up. Then, the purpose of the friends list > will become a kind of back-room discussion among people who are > committed to this project and want to be able to email their peers in > this group at once, (for whatever reason). Most discussion will be on > the web, however, for ease of use and wider participation. The email > list can simply be used to point the group of committed people to > important threads and issues, for example... > > > We could send out notices about any new germain topics through the > > announce list (thereby allowing people to stay current with topics) > > allowing them to opt in when there is a topic they find of personal > > interest. > > Exactly. Very important topics would be pointed out on the announce > list, as well as just the friends list... > > > With regard to the current post-Sept 11 situation, Jeb, John-e-be, > > and Carol are aware of my view on this current mis-adventure (refer > > to my personal e-mail that I sent to you three in Sept), but if > > you'd like Jeb I could set up and alternate news source page for > > anyone who would like to see what other "credible" press sources are > > saying about "the war on terrorism". > > Yeah, I'm thinking that would be a good idea, and actually I really > want to setup some news oriented software for the website which will > make it easier to manage the type of information you are so good at > gathering, John. A while back, I was trying to setup the Scoop > software that runs http://www.kuro5hin.com but I couldn't get it > running. More recently, I've been leaning toward PostNuke > http://www.postnuke.com which will be easier to work on. > > However, I think a phpBB discussion board will be better for > BuyOrganic, so I'm thinking thinking of turning ocha.net into a > PostNuke portal for a variety of topics from organics, to peace, to > GNU/Linux, Internet technology, and small business vs corporations. > > I'd like to put the short ocha.net domain to better use as portal, and > keep my longer topic based domains more focused... Anyway, that's the > plan. Your comments are welcome. > > Thanks, > -jeb > _______________________________________________ > Buying Club discussion list at BuyOrganic.org > http://buyorganic.org/mailman/listinfo/friends _______________________________________________ Buying Club discussion list at BuyOrganic.org http://buyorganic.org/mailman/listinfo/friends
