Gail, I'm not sure how Mike came to the conclusion that I'm sending the Good Society to everyone on the Canfutures list. I don't know everyone. Certainly people I have jousted with and who have become friends are in my Eudora database and they will certainly be on my list of addresses.
That's a reason for sending the note. People who already get too much mail, or simply don't want it, can say 'no thanks'. I must say FW gave me the idea that people might like a forum where people of different and perhaps opposite beliefs can talk - and strongly disagree - without rancor. Perhaps to begin to find common ideas that can lead toward the Good Society. You'll note that I am sending out on my goodsoc E-Mail address. This means I cannot send to the FW list, nor to any list I'm on. I use a henrygeorgeschool E-Mail address for my correspondence. I assume that no list I am subscribed to - including FW will accept goodsoc mail. Am I wrong? It hadn't occurred to me to ask FW if I may post a copy to the list. Certainly, we get quite a lot of outside stuff posted, or referred to by members. I like Arthur's Meme - which I get anyway directly. The reason you got a copy of the note was because we had talked. This meant your address was in the Eudora file. Because I knew that I would be getting to people who might not be interested, I sent the preliminary note. Of more concern is the fact that you received three copies. I haven't a clue why this was so. I set my E-Mail program to remove duplicates. Apparently it didn't work. I'll try it again. Or, perhaps you have more than one address? Maybe that was it. Anyway, I'll be removing you and Mike and anyone else who is warned by my note that something dreadful is coming! The print edition began several decades ago, but publishing costs are high. So, I got the idea of continuing it by E-Mail. Then, the idea of striking out to people who in some fashion or other were in my Eudora files. That's why I apologized in advance if it went to some who didn't want it. They are easily removed. It will be an HTML publication so some people might not be able to view it. They will presumably want to be removed. I must say that I don't think the project has a lot of chance to succeed. The dichotomies of all kinds now present in our society seem to be unchangeable. People become set in their ways and apparently become immovable. Well, we'll try. There is no chance of my sending the Good Society to FW, but I will send this note to the list. Other friends may have the same concerns as you. I did consider asking for permission to post the monthly GS on FutureWorks, but an important part is the Agoura - a discussion list. I didn't think that asking you to publish another discussion group would be proper. Now I have to find out how you got three copies. It was probably my bungling. Thanks for your pleasant note. I'll try to do better. Harry _______________________________________ You wrote: >Hi Harry, > >I went to the site and learned about The Good Society. >Interesting. I gather it has been around for a while but is >reviving its publication. > >Mike Spencer wrote to canfutures about your planning to post >the e-mail version of The Good Society to everyone on the >list, also I myself received two other copies of your >posting, both mailed to me directly. > >In general such an approach, a "negative option," is much >frowned upon in Canada. (There was a celebrated case a few >years ago when a cable company tried it on.) > >Perhaps you might consider therefore desisting from sending >copies of The Good Society to the canfutures list in that >fashion, and similarly desist from sending them to me, and >making an offer to us instead? I would certainly consider >such an offer. > >Thanks, > >Gail ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of LA Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (818) 352-4141 Fax: (818) 353-2242 *******************************
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