Getting closer to a win/win solution

[Liath MacTire]

Scott, why don't you and David start a Eugene only activist list? Personally I
find MichealP's post interesting and informative. I'm also sorry to see Bernie
leave though I often got a bit frustated with some of his posts.

Local acitivist has functioned well for several years now. I would hate to see
voices stilled because you or David are unwilling to find out how to use a
filter.

Liath
----- Original Message -----
From: "CISCAP" <cis...@efn.org>
: Getting closer to a win/win solution
MichealP,

Well, then if it's not difficult, I would ask you to only send posts
regarding local activism to the Local Activist list. Anyone else who wants
to get your informative postings about Chiapas, GMO's, national elections,
etc. can get them by subscribing to your list.

As you know, I don't want to moderate the posts, I just want to get local
activism news from the Local Activist list. By creating your own
distribution list and allowing anyone who want to get your postings to
subscribe to it, we avoid the whole issue of who moderates the list,
top-down hierarchies, and the like--things we both agree are not good.
Again, we create a win/win situation!

Thanks for understanding, and sorry if it sounded like I was criticizing
your activism; that was certainly not my intent.

En solidaridad,

Scott Miksch
541/485-8633

[David Oaks - Support Coalition International]

Thanks for the suggestion, Liath, but it would be more helpful to me
to get the suggestion without the dig. No one has called for
"stifling" anyone's voices. Creating another list or two is exactly
what I suggested.

I know how to use a filter, by the way, but the computer hasn't
figured out how to leave in the good suggestions, etc. and filter out
needless digs.

- David

[CISCAP]

At 3:43 PM 12/5/0, MichaelP wrote:
>Feel free to define activism any way you wish - you want your local
>definition to be directed to a closed group, or you want to moderate posts
>so that only what meets your definition is posted that's not difficult.

...snip...

Dear MichealP,

[Trish Binder]

I guess I've not thought of the local_activists list being just for posts
about local issues. I always thought of it as a place to issue posts of
concern to local_activists, which might include broader issues, such as
the presidential race.

One thing that happens, and I have been guilty of this in my postings to
Shava, is that we send out publicly what we should probably send to an
individual privately--We could go off-line so to speak in an e-mail
addressed to
the party we wish to confront. That feels real shaming to me when I am
called to task before the group. It's like being scolded in front of a
classroom. It
might discourage people from sending information out that is important.

There are differing points of view on this. All are probably have
validity.

Trish