This is a fascinating list to be a member of, you never quite know what
little gems are going to pop out as displacement activities, core business,
dreams, stimulation or fantasy.  :-)
.
Just to avoid extra mail, 1) thanks to the comments about my web 2.0 stuff,
I will reply in due course - and yes to both suggestions - done the talk,
fun . .  . 2) thanks for the help with wikis.  Still looking for a MW
installation with a wysiwyg editor I can look at.  Busy with a deadline in
48 hours, then "whew!!" I can relax.  ie the weekend.

But this post!!  I should be sleeping, but I will respond.  I just could not
believe my eyes!!

While this is addressed to Bron, it does come via the list so I suppose I
can answer.

Who is Bron?

Bron is one of my friends, who I sometimes call up long distance to chat
with whenever she goes a bit quiet.  We have drunk quite a lot of wine
together (but I must admit I am not sure of her preference for red/white).
We have sung in a monks choir in a conference centre in Sydney.  Plus at
least 15 cafes and superb eateries at about 10 conferences.  This is a
little more than the facebook version of friendship.

I did think of Buckminster Fuller's definition:

"A self-balancing, 28-jointed adapter-base biped; an electro-mechanical
reduction-plant, integral with segregated stowages of special energy
extracts in storage batteries, for subsequent actuation of thousands of
hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, with motors attached; 62,000 miles of
capillaries; millions of warning signal, railroad and conveyor systems;
crushers and cranes (of which the arms are magnificent 23-jointed affairs
with self-surfacing and lubricating systems, and a universally distributed
telephone system needing no service for 70 years if well managed); the
whole, extraordinarily complex mechanism guided with exquisite precision
from a turret in which are located telescopic and microscopic
self-registering and recording range finders, a spectroscope, *et cetera*,
the turret control being closely allied with an air conditioning
intake-and-exhaust, and a main fuel intake." but this is far too
reductionist for my way of thinking.
Bron was with one of the organisms that supported FLNW 1, but it doesn't
exist any more in a serious way, having ceased as a functioning entity on
1st September after dying a slow death over the past 9 months.  I don't know
about the answer to Q2 and 3 with her current connections - I am presuming
you mean contribute with cash.  She fits into a few categories that are
rather special, but I won't mention in a public forum.

But I do know the answer to question 4.  It is 'No'.

-Derek
Off for a rest now.

On 19/09/2007, alexanderhayes <alexanderhayes1...@gmail.com> wrote: