wow, that almost hurt. I thought the topical restrictions were lifted just as the posting one-per-day requirement was lifted. It seems to me that not e'eryone is interested in Wookies and Critters (Wiki and Crit) as we newbies were just trying to get used to the old 'not-so-prolific' format. So, by all means i will oblige and give my analysis and suggestions on how i think this list should be run. However, i'm a little unnerved by the possibility that my email would be overlooked by the endless bickering over the endless blow-by-blow details of the aforementioned Wookies and Critters.
And - By all means, you can skip my analysis and see my meager point-by-point suggestions if you'd like. But i might have something interesting to you between those and this paragraph. One thing i'd like to mention is a couple of the operating assumptions that are floating around behind the discussion of what to do with the list. The first one i'd like to beat from under the rug is the assumption that "the list has to be active and generating dialogue almost every month". I think that's ludicrous. I mentioned before the concept of 'comfortable silence', but i don't know if that got through, and i actually enjoy comfortable silence. Its kinda like those authentic cowboys Pirisig referred to in ZMM who talked at a leisurely pace. Another thing i'd like to jump on is the other newbies talking junk about how they'd like to see what the list has done so they don't get redundant. I dunno about them, but i've been mulling over ZMM (Read 4x) for about six years and Lila (2x) for about two years and i've got a couple ideas to throw into the fray. Therefore methinks the CONTENT of the list should remain open to any topic, new or old. And right above the issue of content is the issue of form, i.e. Wookies and Critters. I'd personally rather not have to go through a lot in order to talk about the MOQ. Hotmail works just fine for me. Therefore i am OPPOSED to changing the medium (email format) of the discussion group. Hopefully i'm not the only one, and if i'm not please chime in. the fourth point i'd like to make and second assumption i'd like to examine is that we need to come up with some type of communal document or statement. We could simply commission someone to whip up a summary of what the Lila squad is all about, and all put in supporting or dissenting opinions like the Supreme Court Justicies do. To me, the concept of one 'concencus document' or 'mission statement' for the whole Lila squad is a load of hooey. Especially since within the MOQ itself the highest value is dynamic intellect. DOWN HERE!!! this are a few suggestions that i bliped about b4 1) keep the one-per-day posting limit, but fudge the one-per-month topic limit and the moderator. I apologize if i believe in other people's self-restraint. 2) have each person write up their own document or summary of what they think both the MOQ and the Lila squad is about and let others comment on it but not change it. you could post this on the website linked to each person's biography. Btw, who do i contact to put one up (email me personally with that info please)? 3) perhaps weekly, bi-weekly or monthly a person volunteers to put out his or her own views, questions and/or concerns about the MOQ. Whoever is intereste we all responds and so forth. This way the democracy doesn't usurp the individuals' interests. I think that democracy is a social-level phenomenon and capitalism is an intellectual (individual-level phenomenon) thereby disagreeing with Pirisig. Oops! i actually said something about what i came here for. Apologies!!! This lecturer-audience setup allows a person to set terms in order for the rest of us to understand the intricacies of the lecturer's views instead of trying to follow four conversations at once. Thanx for reading Amilcar Hoarse - does this fit the 'other methods of discussion'? PS: please take this msg with a grain of salt, i can't voice my sarcasm and gentle teasing, but i hope i conveyed it nonetheless. Cheers! ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Horse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MF KEEP THIS CHANNEL CLEAR Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:42:12 -0000 To All MF members The current topic for this mailing list is the discussion of the future of this mailing list and other methods of discussing the MOQ - e.g. WIKI, CRIT etc. Please DO NOT post anything that is not directly relevant to the above mentioned topic. Horse MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org Laugh like its your last dance like nobody's watching and love like it won't hurt _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_focus/ MF Queries - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from moq_focus follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/mf/subscribe.html
