--- Catherine Udall Turley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quite awhile ago (a couple years, maybe) JulieZWebb,
> who hosted one of
> the first in-person Joni fests, posted a long
> insightful account of the
> psychological logistics of hosting a list
> get-together. How there were
> egos to be negotiated and list squabbles to remember
> and sort out,
> people to keep separated, etc. At the time I read
> that post, I was
> fairly new to the list and thought it sounded overly
> complicated and
> pessimistic. Now that I've hung around long enough,
> I think she was
> right on the money. The list can be a fantastic
> place to be, and it can
> also be quite complicated and perilous. And thats
> not a problem unique
> to this list-- it is part of the cyber beast
Not just part of the cyber beast, darlin'! It's part
of being family! The last time our family tried
negotiating Christmas, it was fraught with peril! And
we *know* each other! (ha!)
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