[Mb-hair] On topicv/Off Topic

[richard haase]

thats a lovely letter nina thank you
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From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] On topicv/Off Topic


> Hi all -
>
> The recent talk about on and off topic subjects led Michael and I to a
> discussion earlier today about what should, or shouldn't, be talked about
> here. What the purpose of the list is, or should be. The FAQ has info
about
> how to talk to each other, but not really about what to talk about. It
> states in the first line "The Mb-Hair list is an email mailing list for
the
> purpose of discussing Hair, its politics, messages, and other related
> subjects" which is pretty vague.
>
> As is always the case with anything Hair we came back to the fact that we
> needed to know what the Tribe wanted this space to be, so I am asking you
> all to let me know, either here or at dayton3 at rcn.com what they think the
> rules, if any, regarding what should be considered on topic here should
be.
> It seemed to us that there are two factions - one which would like the
list
> to be purely for discussion of  Hair, and perhaps some related subjects
such
> as theatre or the politics of Hair. The other sees this more as a communal
> living room where The Tribe hangs out, and anything someone felt like
> discussing would be OK. Let me be really clear here - neither of these
> positions are wrong, just different, and we would like to know where
people
> stand on these positions, and what they would like this list to be.
>
> Some of you have already spoken on this issue - Sib, Dagmar, Robin,
Michael,
> and Bill. Please feel free to speak up again if you feel so moved, but if
> not I think I understand your "vote" already. The rest of you - I would
like
> to know. I look forward to hearing from you all - even the lurkers,
please!
> If you prefer privacy email me at dayton3 at rcn.com, but there are almost 70
> of us here whether we all speak out or not, and I would truly like to have
a
> sense of what the majority wants, so lurkers - please de-lurk briefly or
> privately.
>
> My vote falls towards the livingroom side, with a heavy dose of the Hair
> side included - I loved the Hair discussions on the old Hair list, and
would
> very much love to see many more of those here, but I also love the chance
to
> feel in touch with good friends, hear what they find interesting outside
of
> Hair, and about what's going on in their lives. I love it when Dagmar
shares
> her photos or Robin tells us about a gig he played, or Michael or Jim or
> Richard discuss theatre. I guess, as Bill said, Hair is about so many
things
> that we can stretch most things into the fabric.
>
> Just my 2 cents. I very much look forward to hearing all of yours!
> Love,
> Nina
>
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