>I'll admit to long term lurking...and liberal use of my delete key...as
>this conversation about tone has morphed into a call for rules...and now
>a concern that not enough people are participating in the rule making
>activity?
>
>I'd been gone from XMCA for a couple of years and just rejoined a couple
>of months ago. I'd begun to wonder what happened to the exciting "old"
>conversation, which seems to have replaced with a huge concern for
>social control. In my last experience with XMCA, misunderstandings were
>quickly forgotten and dismissed as such. Carefully considered,
>perfectly formed, ruly statements were deemed to be relatively
>unimportant in the overall process. It was all those lumpy, squishy,
>unruly, rather unappetizing "half-baked" ideas that made life in the
>kitchen so exciting!
>
>So, maybe I speak for more than a few folks with an observation: If
>only 5% of the XMCA cooks are concerned with cleaning up the kitchen,
>maybe they could take a deep breath and let the kids get back to making
>a happy mess of things.
>
>With LOTS of :-)'s and good wishes and hugs, and a little nostalgia,
>
>Dale Cyphert
>
amen to deacon dale! :-)
gary shank
shank@duq.edu
ps. please consider the above my own lumpy squishy halfed baked vote on
rules.
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