Guest guest Posted November 22, 1999 Report Share Posted November 22, 1999 At 12:32 PM 11/22/99 -0800, Jill Eggers wrote: >As Harsha has noted, all who are on the list contribute by their presence >and attention. Additionally, many contribute in private dialogue inspired >by on-list discussion as well. You're so right. How different a place would it be if the only members were the ones posting! Thank you Jill, for taking the time to post your experiences. >But I have wanted also to mention an aspect of my own experience in >relation to the list--it is probably minor and coincidental, but my >experience has been that of getting no almost response to any post I make. That happens to me a lot too!! >Perhaps my posts are not germane to the tone of this particular list. That >was my earlier theory--I noticed in its early months this list was >predominantly male and predominantly theory-based in its discourse. For a >while I wondered if there was a link between the gender weight of the list >and the left-brain approach to spiritual topics--a theory I still haven't >figured out. .... >I realized I had stopped posting after a while, thinking that my perspective >was not relevant to the direction the list wanted to go. I have stayed on the >list anyway after thinking of leaving, and I do find the list has changed in >it's make-up and discourse in ways which seem more balanced and whole. Actually, Jill, yours truly might be one of the worst offenders, with posts that are very intellectual, and that often don't generate much response. It's another species of experience.... You make a very telling and valid point below about serving the list community better by moving towards a balance. >If there is anything to conclude from this for me, it is that we serve our >list community well by responding to what is posted. Mainly I think this >list and particularly Harsha, is very good at this---keeping us feeling >that we are all valued members of a community. Harsha is like our affectionate uncle, always encouraging us and valuing us. He's great!! >Your list of ideas is a good one, Greg, with material for a year of list >discourse. Perhaps you could spur us on to lively discussion by asking one >or two of these at a time! Good idea - and also those questions were buried very far down in my e-mail messge. I will post a question that I'd like to know the answer to.... Thanks a lot Jill! Love, --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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