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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