Hi Ron, thanks for the positive feedback, but you maybe miss two points I feel ...
(1) It's not just a matter of assembling the existing "body of knowledge", but creating a vehicle for new activities, new knowledge and new realities ... let's do something to make a dent in the world beyond MoQ / Pirsig enthusiasts, and beyond philosophical academe too. (2) No individual (not even Pirsig) gets the social authority to veto the activities. (I did suggest in an earlier version that Bob be invited as honorary president, or something like that, but he cannot be the chief executive as it were. This thing is bigger than any of us, Bob included. And it's not about Bob it's about his offspring - the MoQ is a thing with a life of its own. Yours megalomaniacally ;-) Ian On 2/15/07, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marsha, Ron, SA, (and David H, and Mark, and Gav ...) > > I made (sincere) suggestions before for creating some more slightly more > formal environment in which MoQ could be nurtured to wider public value. > (Always in addition to the truly wonderful / dynamic nature of > MoQ.Discuss, without any suggestion of cramping anyone else's style or > initiative.) > > My (sincere) motives were severely questioned when I suggested the idea > that any such a new initiative needed > > (a) some "organisation and management" (even the merest organisation), > and > > (b) that management must NOT be vested in any self-selecting individuals > (and that includes me), but constituted in some appropriate form of > governance on "our" behalf - without that we are prone to indivual > political interests and agendas (mine included) > > Dave Harding pushed the MoQ Wiki idea, after Marsha and Gav and others > suggested more "public" material, but also got significant push-back; > though it's still live and linked from MoQ.Org. > > I still stand by my "Friends of Quality" idea, and Sam's "Magazine of > Quality" spin-off idea. A few weeks ago joined up those dots and put > that proposal on the MoQ Wiki. > > Since I've not received tirades of abuse for my efforts, I can only > assume my ideas have been accepted; either that or no-one has looked at > the wiki recently ;-) > > Sincerely > Ian > > Ian, > Sounds like you have something there, the task would be assembling a > working body of knowledge using all known works on this subject > >From any and all sources, something to work with even if it's nothing > but assembled pirsig quotes,Archive quotes , essay quotes > Ect. Perhaps appealing to pirsig himself for guidance on editing and > induction into said body of MOQ knowledge,perhaps an open post > Board for an assembalage of ideas that we could all contribute to, > edited by Horse for relative content or appeal to Pirsig himself > For that honor. > x > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
