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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, [log in to unmask] writes: > 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 > > > =========================================================================== > Barbara Patterson [log in to unmask] > HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 > School of Nursing > =========================================================================== > >