AS a sign of good faith I would kick in 5-10$ in the form of
a crisp new Federal Reserve note.
If Mike will print an address to send it to.............
If just a few send in 5$ it would defray M's cost.
Dan
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> From: M. G. Devour <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: A message from the new list owner ...
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 4:46 PM
>
> Dear Silver List members,
>
> Nine days ago list owner Gary Hawkins announced that the silver-list
> would be going down in seven days. Several people asked him to help
> us to save the list and offered to help. He agreed.
>
> I have accepted the job of list owner. I've opened an account with
> Eskimo and control has been transferred as of yesterday. I will be
> sending them $60 to pay for my account for the coming year.
>
> I want to thank Gary Hawkins for all that he has done for so many in
> providing this forum. Gary remains a member of the list, and I hope
> he will continue to contribute often. In fact, because of a feature
> of the list control software, Gary can't unsubscribe unless *I* let
> him! <tee hee hee> (I'll fix that pretty soon, Gary!)
>
> I still have more to learn about the details of running a list.
> Hopefully I won't disrupt things by my ineptitude and we will not
> have any problems that need more skill than I have yet. The Eskimo
> folks and Gary are generous with their help, so we'll survive.
>
> **So we will have a place. What shall we make of it? **
>
> What is our mission?
>
> What tasks should we undertake?
>
> How shall we conduct ourselves?
>
> What will each of us bring to it?
>
> For my part, these are the ideals I bring to the task:
>
> **I will strive to have reasonable standards and apply them
> consistantly.**
>
> I won't be a tyrant. But I will read the list with the rest of you
> and I won't let things get out of hand before fixing them. I hope
> this will foster freer flow of ideas, information, and encouragement
> among us.
>
> **I want everyone to be heard, have their needs met, and to be
> treated with the respect they deserve.**
>
> Please respect the fact that we have members from all over the globe,
> many professions, and of all manner of education, faith, philosophy,
> and experience.
>
> If you feel strongly about something, you will have to understand
> when others disagree with you. And if an idea seems alien or even
> dangerous to you, you must recognise that its advocates take it
> seriously and respect their feelings in any response you make.
>
> **Respectful disagreement in all non-essentials will be the norm.**
>
> You are not here to make converts to your personal philosophy or
> viewpoint. It is your responsibility to stay on topic, and to present
> your own arguments well and without attacking others.
>
> **I want this list to be a welcoming place for newcomers.**
>
> The only constraints I will put on this is the basic assumption that
> colloidal silver is safe, effective, and worthy of study, and in
> limiting commercial activity.
>
> **I ask you each to share freely from your experience and study.**
>
> I do not intend to respond personally to each question asked or need
> expressed. In fact, I will resist my normal temptation to jump in on
> every new discussion. I don't want this to even *start* to become a
> one man show. Your job is to reach out and offer as much as you can
> to each new request.
>
> Finally:
>
> **I believe one of my proper roles is to foster a consensus.**
>
> That is, to identify what we agree upon and document it, and to
> define areas of debate and present all sides as fairly as possible.
> I hope this will help us keep moving and give everyone a sense of
> where we need to be working.
>
> Toward these ends I want to propose a few things I would like to see
> us do. And I think that, for the next week or two, we should have a
> good discussion of these and any other ideas you may have about the
> purpose, functions and goals of this list. While doing this, let's
> not be distracted from meeting the needs of our members...
>
> I think we need a written charter, mission statement, and list rules
> that can be sent to new subscribers and re-posted every so often.
>
> I would like us to start a silver-list web page. We can build a FAQ
> and an archive there, and provide links to the most frequently cited
> resources on colloidal silver. We can use it to publish citations and
> copies of historical research and accounts of our own practice,
> study, and results.
>
> It will be a way to lead newcomers to the list while becoming a
> clearinghouse for information that is relatively untainted by
> commercial bias.
>
> I would also encourage an effort to reach out to people who joined in
> the past and left dissatisfied, along with the new people we find who
> need what we have and don't know where to look. Sort of an "under new
> management" sign in the virtual window.
>
> When all this is well begun, I think we will enjoy a much happier
> and productive environment here.
>
> We are grateful for the benefits of CS and want others to share in
> them. The Silver List can and should be one of the best vehicles for
> doing this in the online community, while we each spread the word to
> our families and friends in the "real" world.
>
> I cannot do even a small part of this alone. I would like the list and
> web site to represent the combined resources of all of us together.
>
> I enjoy the friendly and generous nature of the people I've met here.
> I respect the knowledge and experience you bring with you. And I feel
> the serious responsibility of the kinds of needs people bring to us.
>
> It is an honor to be able to help. I look forward to all that we
> have to learn together. Thank you.
>
> Let's begin!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Devour
> [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
> [[email protected] ]
> [Speaking only for myself... ]
