Mike D. You should be a diplomat. I wish I could articulate like you do without ruffling anyone's feathers. I don't really understand what these "techie" types are talking about and I hope they don't stop for sometime we will benefit from their debates.
Dick Go to www.nite.org and become enlighten about INCOME TAXES. ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 8:18 AM Subject: Re: CS>More list owner comments, PLEASE READ! > Hi all, > > It's always hard to strike a balance with my remarks. When one thing > has gotten out of hand and I take a swat at it, other things often rise > up to take its place. > > Such it is with Marsha and Roger nipping at each other. (Hi folks!) > > The "mo power" folks have sorta filled the void left when much of the > OT chatter got shunted to the [email protected] ... > The particular set of conflicts took on too much weight, what with > nothing like Jason's testimonial and Beverle's questions to focus us. > > Now, I hope we'll see the casual users come back out of hiding as we > rein in the tech guys a little -- without hammering the technical > discussions out of existence either! > > I don't see the need for a single purpose list, so I don't agree with > Marsha that the other guys should disappear. When they start hammering > each other, yes, but not when they're behaving themselves. > > But what happens if nobody says anything about the simple stuff and our > willingness to help new people? What just happened is what happens! > All the helpful folks disappear and newcomers see only the technical > discussions (however well or il-behaved they may be at the moment). > > It's usually been my job to pipe up once in a while to remind everyone, > and inform the lurkers, that we have a dual role to fill here and that > their basic questions are essential if we're going to be able to help > them get what they need. > > If I'm too busy to do that, which I have been, I think it's time to ask > some of you to step into the cheerleader role... Jason? Ivan? Marsha? > Any of a number of you are well suited to the task. > > If there are no basic threads being worked, and it's been a day or two > of nothing but tech stuff, it's time to chime in with an anecdote or > comment and an invitation for questions. > > No need to play list-cop or criticize anything else that's going on > (talk to me instead!). The tech guys'll keep doing their job if we > just let'em. Nope, just a reminder for any new folks that stumble in to > start askin' questions if they want to get some help. > > Is it starting to make some sense folks? > > My availability will rise and fall with my obligations here. I hope > that I can get some of you seasoned veterans to help keep us in > balance. Share the duties so nobody's under pressure, but take some > responsibility for keeping the equilibrium going. > > I welcome your feedback, folks. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > da owner... > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
