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hi all At 10:27 1999/08/05 -0500, charlie wrote, in part: >I think that the main difference between us has to do with the >conception of there being a bus driver or not.... i agree with you >And intentions of that driver. Yes there is a bus driver but >IMHO she (Barb Patterson) has elected to allow us to drive the >bus ourselves except in rare cases where an executive decision >has to be made. This allows for wide latitude and certainly >criticism of the process. If I am wrong I would like to hear >it from her... action and inaction can speak as well as words as you have suggested the list structure has not been changed in four years except for one small modification which was reversed after a few months trial this list structure is not a democracy it is a form of hospitality you may have interpreted my waxing eloquent about the whole concept of e-mail and mailing lists in a way that i did not intend the democratic aspect of same is part of what appeals to me by which i mean no one can shout me down no one can butt in no one can heckle me i can take the time to express myself as i want to be heard i can have the time to express myself as i want to be heard with one caveat as long as i agree to behave by the house rules maybe this aspect appeals more to women than to men due to our societal role baggage janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>