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I am fairly new to the list. I spent a while just reading and listening and then tested the waters with a toe or two. I felt shy, stupid, uninformed, etc. But I must say that the more I get involved here, the more support I find. The folks here are good people and want to help. From my point of view, as was said before, nothing is perfect, but I think you will find this a place for help, support, information, and friendship. Get your feet wet and see what happens. Jennifer Smith Barbara Patterson wrote: > I am forwarding this message [slightly edited] from a listmember for > discussion. Barb > ***** > Hi Barb, > > I thought I'd ask you this first. I feel like an oddball on this list > because there are a few members who post often and take up a lot of > "space", are fairly articulate, authoritative, etc. You do a great job > keeping the list together and running, but I have thought about the need > for an alternate "shy people's" list, a place where the shy, the tired, the > less articulate, the skeptical, the scared, and even the gloomy could > gather in safety and have voices that don't get drowned out. > > I'm especially thoughtful about a comment that [another member] made > recently about PARKINSN not being a place to share feelings and opinions, > but to convey information. Is that the current perspective? I want a place > to share feelings and opinions. What would be your feeling about someone > starting up a less intimidating forum for shy person's sharing about issues > relating to having Parkinson's Disease? I know nothing about how to do this > but would find out as needed. > > Hope you're doing well and don't regard these comments as mutinous.