Barb P

On behalf of SPARKLE's owners (John Bjork & myself) & all of it's supporters,
I would like to express my thanks, to you, for your kind & thoughtful posting.

Bonnie
daughter of Jim 77/4
co-owner of SPARKLE

In a message dated 8/29/99 12:14:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Hi,all...I haven't been reading my email much since about Thursday. One
> of the faculty for whom I work has a 4-day workshop to conduct in Sweden
> and discovered that the overheads she thought were acceptable for use
> there were not, so I've been working on them both at the office and at
> home. So, if any of our members in Sweden are attending a workshop re
> Problem-based Learning, take note of the superb overheads and
> handouts... done by one pwp! :)
>
> I have been asked by some members to comment on the latest list 'heated
> discussion' about SPARKLE. I think SPARKLE is a great idea! I had been
> very concerned about the volume of email this list generates and, as you
> all know, I don't want ANYONE'S voice silenced. The quality of the humour
> on the list is excellent and the people involved in it were so obviously
> enjoying themselves, (and others enjoyed reading it) that it seemed a
> shame to have it stopped. It's sometimes difficult to find anything
> amusing about pd so many of us really enjoy the occasional silliness.
> So, having SPARKLE as a sub-list to PARKINSN has really given us the best
> of both worlds. Subscribe to SPARKLE, if you enjoyed the humour aspect
> of the PARKINSN list.
>
> The CARE list functions in much the same way except it is for our
> hard-working, long-suffering, blessed caregivers It, along with others,
> works in conjunction with the PARKINSN in trying to fill the needs of the
> extended family of people who live with pd, either in ourselves or our
> loved ones. Subscribe to CARE if you need the privacy to discuss care
> giving concerns with other care givers.
>
> I am not sure of the number of 'spin-off' lists from this one since it
> started in '93. One of the first was a list about SDS...some folks
> involved in the care of people with this problem had subscribed to the
> PARKINSN list until they began their own. I'm not sure if it is still in
> use or not but there definitely was a need for it. There are also some
> language-specific lists, eg, the French list. It must be quite difficult
> for people whose first language is not English to understand what some of
> us write so these language-specific lists must be highly appreciated by
> their members.
>
>
> Last, but not least, I would like to offer a sincere apology and a thank
> you to Janet Paterson. Earlier this summer, when I was going to be away
> from internet access for over a week, I asked Janet if she would consider
> 'baby-sitting' the list until I came back. There is quite a bit of
> background work to do re list ownership and these things can't just be
> ignored. Janet kindly agreed to do this and, in usual Janet-fashion,
> gave it a whole-hearted effort. But, lately, she has felt that being a
> co-owner in many ways limited her freedom of speech on the list. Instead
> of reading the messages she sent as 'from Janet', they were read as 'from
> the listowner' and were perceived as having more 'weight' At one point,
> Janet not only was going to give up helping with the list, but also the
> list itself....thanks for staying with us Janet and I am sorry you felt
> stifled....
>
> As has been said many times before, since we can't see or hear each
> other, many written words are mis-interpreted. Was that written in an
> angry tone of voice? A pensive tone? An attempt to interpret what
> another has written? We all get angry at one time or another and say or
> do things we'd like to take back or 'rephrase'. Let's keep an open mind
> and an open heart for each other in our common goal of defeating pd and
> living well until the 'Day of the Cure'.
>
> Barb
>
>
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> Barbara Patterson
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> School of Nursing
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