I for one would love the opportunity to review all the poems and share in a sense of a common-unity that is thinking/working together on something. Some excitement comes up with this, like the On-line thing we did earlier in the year. So worth the effort. As a 'poet who sent stuff in' I just love the developments/buzz around this topic. You have my attention!
Daniel LeBel Westport. New Zealand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 4:04 AM Subject: Re: Poetry contest and donnybrook > Greetings ~ > > I find this conversation about voting interesting. For me, voting in > this context is counter-intuitive. My inclination is to want to > celebrate all the poems and all the people who were willing to share > themselves with the group. I also wonder whether some people don't > participate BECAUSE the event has been set up as a contest. > > So, a suggestion. This time, let's vote on content AND process. We > could keep the content piece stays the same: everyone gets 5 sticky > dots to vote for the poem(s) they prefer. The result stays the same: > new OSLIST Poet Laureate. > > AND, we could hand out an additional sticky dot (perhaps in a different > color) for process. We could then cast a vote for Voting or for > Non-Voting. We would simply be communicating our desire to vote or not > vote in future poetry events. The new poet laureate can decide what to > do or not-do with what we learn from the process vote. Hmmmmmm...... > that's interesting, isn't it? The poet laureate already provides > parameters around content (like theme and deadlines and non-deadlines), > so why not also invite the poet laureate to define process (like do we > vote or not vote, and how to choose a new poet laureate if we don't). > > These are not matters of grave importance, but we ARE a community, after > all, and a bit of reflection on these things might come to something in > the end. Didn't Thomas Jefferson say something about the importance of > revolution every 35 years? And if we've been at this since 1947, well, > it seems we might be due...... > > Onward into the day ~ > > Julie > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
