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I think we could accomplish a great deal more if we have some of these
discussions online (on this list-serve). <br>
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I sent out a message a couple of weeks ago with a suggestion on how we
might actually begin to make some progress on achieving some of our
goals (first by identifying what they might be) and only noticed one
response. It may be that many of you have never used something like
this for a discussion tool. I think it's critical that we literally
record that type of information to begin putting words into action and
I think it's much easier to do that via email than in person. It is my
opinion that if we're to accomplish any long term/community-wide goals
we need to be communicating between meetings and social gatherings.
With this forum, we can do that whenever each of us has the time.<br>
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To take full advantage of this great opportunity driven by Joshua
Field's generosity...we should remind ourselves what the definition of
a forum is...<br>
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--the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly
for the people.<br>
--an assembly, meeting place, television program, etc., for the
discussion of questions of public interest.<br>
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Food for thought,<br>
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Kurt<br>
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Ed Sedarbaum wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Yes, thank you, indeed, Veronica,
for taking such careful notes. And for doing the work of organizing
them so coherently.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">One direct result of the meeting --
and an apparently successful one -- is this very list-serve we are
communicating on. I've received a number of worthwhile notices, and so
far we haven't fallen into any argumentation. That's great.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Here's my question: Do folks want to
continue these "conversations"? If so, should they be organized around
a theme, or should we just go around the room again and see what the
consensus topic happens to be that night?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I'd be happy to take a hand in
pulling together the next conversation, assuming someone would share
the load. We would need a place to hold it. (The mill was a great
space, but I don't live there, so I can't very well volunteer it.) And
really, that's about all.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">My impulse is not to demand too much
formal organizing of people in order to make this happen. The Open
Studio planning has just begun (thank you, Sharon), and that might be a
more important recipient of people's organizing energy. But getting
together to talk? That should be easy, and we can see where it goes
from there.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I don't want to speak for other
people, so if people have other suggestions about what to do about our
conversations -- including dump them -- let's all put our ideas out
there and see what takes hold of people's imagination.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ed</font></div>
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