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hi all it seems to me that any list member here who has ever become involved to the point of posting messages to the group [i broke into a sweat at posting my first message!] has done so for exactly that reason they became involved they wanted to share in our group communication they wanted to actively participate in our cyber community they wanted to contribute to it but this is a frontier no one has done this before there are no metaphors or comparisons which 'fit' we are not a cocktail party of acquaintances having a multitude of mini conversations we are not a meeting hall where we take turns at a microphone and all have to listen to all we are not a 'three dee' support group with a leader/moderator directing the discussion so for however many members we comprise i would bet dollars to doorknobs that we would find the same number of sets of 'list rules' if we did some diligent digging in the archives [everything is in there from goofs to gems] 'list commandments' have been set down to various degrees and at various times by alan bonander, barbara yacos, barb mallut, barb worcester, bill parrette, bill heitman, bill bell, bill isbell, bill harshaw, bev steward, charlie meyer, david boots, donald anderson, don mckinley, jane ross, janet paterson, jerry finch, jeremy browne, jeffrey romanyshyn, joan snyder, john cottingham, jim finn, john walker, joyce tames, judith richards, kathrynne holden, lisa crumrine, maryhelen davila, marjorie moorefield, marling mcreynolds, murray charters, mary yost, gail vass, george lussier, stan houston, simon coles. ... i might as well list every member who has ever posted here ... we are all 'list gods' in that we wish to participate in our own way in what we see as our own list although this list exists because of one person: -- Barbara Patterson PARKINSN List Owner -- [declared herewith despite her possible reluctance about being dragged into the limelight!] the dynamic here consists of the interaction and sharing between all of us as a former co- 'list mom' i have some idea of much work barb has devoted to keeping this list going as a voluminous poster of openly expressed opinion and inspiration i have contributed my share of goofs and gems [i hope] as a co-frontier-pioneer-person i have shed blood sweat and tears here along with everyone else at times as a parkie person i have gained and learned far more than i have lost by being here no-one can 'drive' me away unless i allow it and agree to it no-one can 'drive' you away unless you allow it and agree to it that is the revolutionary concept of this frontier which we all are still struggling to grasp minding our own business is what we all need to do together and this is it janet who enjoyed christmas turkey dinner with all the trimmins last night with her sis - pd can re-schedule the world! janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/