>Et al., It has weighed upon my mind greatly the concept of whether we
>perceive the patterns which inherently rise within social orders as
>mechanistic or functional.
Yes, Eric, you bring up something that is also a concern of mine, about how
we perceive of patterns that arise within social orders. What concerns me
most of all is to what extent we can DO something about the patterns that
we are "inside".
>I bring to light the current pattern which usually follows postings of mine
>that don't follow etiquette, nor attempts to illicit praise. Communication
>towards me becomes stagnant and the once lively discourse is extremely
>subdued. I, using CHAT characteristics, could attribute this pattern to
>associations and levels that escape my understanding. However, I believe
>that this communication pattern emerges from the context of an applied
>method
>that is ongoing and occasionally unpredictable. Yes, the appearance of a
>predicatable pattern would provide me with enough evidence to assume that
>the
>CHAT society has designed and implemented a proper machine for implementing
>purpose and system; therefore, if I question any set protocol of the 'actual
>CHAT system' I will be perceived as a threat to the 'chain of command'.
>
>Remember, whether theory diregards these notions or not; context determines
>function. Just remember; context determines function. Currently determining
>my function, Eric Ramberg
Now, I am not sure I understand everything you are saying here, Eric.
But you seem to perceive the mixed collection of people who post to this
list as a quite organized and representative assembly. The situation of the
individual participant in front of eir screen seems to promote this sense
of being alone, confronted with a bunch of people who are all together -
and it is easy to miss the fact that a LOT of postings do not receive any
reply, and focus on the lack of replies to your own postings. This is, I
think, a very common feeling - and yes, it is usually grounded in reality,
just overlooking that many others also reap very little response from the
few active writers of a list. The regular contributors aren't all that
many, you know, even in a fairly big and active list like the xmca. So,
whose response are you seeking?
With best regards from Eva,
these are the people who have posted to the xmca so far during 2001
Mike Cole 229
Paul Dillon 149
Diane Hodges 135
Bill Barowy 129
Eric Ramberg 104
Judy Diamondstone 103
Nate Schmolze 97
Eugene Matusov 55
Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu 52
Phil Graham 44
Donald Cunningham 39
Wolff-Michael Roth 36
Martin Owen 33
Phillip White 33
Phillip Capper 31
Andy Blunden 28
Charles Nelson 21
Jay Lemke 19
Peter Smagorinsky 19
Gary Shank 17
Helena Worthen 17
Yrjö Engeström 17
Ana Marjanovic Shane 16
Bill Blanton 16
Doris Georgiou 15
Vera John-Steiner 15
Katherine Goff 13
Pedro Portes 11
Anna Stetsenko 11
Eva Ekeblad 10
Peggy Bengel 10
Kathryn Alexander 7
Kevin Rocap 7
Jennifer Vadeboncoeur 7
Bruce Robinson 6
Katherine Brown 6
Peter Jones 6
Victor Kaptelinin 6
Barb Stuart 5
Angel Lin 4
Carnegie Corporation 4
George McKinlay 4
Molly Freeman 4
Renee Hayes 4
Susan Knutson 4
Armando Perez 3
David Kirshner 3
Dot Robbins 3
Elizabeth Wardle 3
Geoff Hayward 3
Karen Heckert 3
Michael Erickson 3
Sonja Baumer 3
Artin Goncu 2
Brian Slade 2
Carmen Torres 2
Ellice Forman 2
Hank Smith 2
Jerry Balzano 2
Ken Goodman 2
Lloyd Strickland 2
Maria Judith Lins 2
Patricio Calderon 2
Paul Prior 2
Linda Polin 2
Randy Bomer 2
Tina Birkeby 2
Alberto Valeria 1
Antonio Rizzo 1
Cathy Singh 1
Chris Sinha 1
Christina Beacock 1
Christine Halverson 1
Christoph Clases 1
Daisy Mwanza 1
David Russell 1
Deborah Hicks 1
Andy Tolmie 1
Joseph Glick 1
Ignacio Dalton 1
Janice Fournillier 1
Joanne Larson 1
John St. Julien 1
Julian Williams 1
Oya Paker 1
Kedmon Hungwe 1
Elizabeth Kelly 1
Kevin Leander 1
King Beach 1
Leigh Star 1
Mark Tappan 1
Martin Ryder 1
Matvey Sokolovsky 1
Merja Helle 1
Noel Enyedy 1
Peg Syverson 1
Peter Farruggio 1
Roland Chrisjohn 1
Stanley Burgess 1
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