[MR] Purpose of this list

[William Fleming]

On Sep 27, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Lady Rhiannon of Berra wrote:

> Can somenoe please explain the purpose of this list?
>
> I must be incredibly confused.  Questions asked here are often replied
> to offlist, conversations appear to not be right thing for this list
> either, so other than the ISO's and event flyers that come across,
> what is this list for?

The purpose of this list...

Perhaps it is a forum for discussing topics of interest to those who 
practice our delightful and peculiar hobby, as Syr Justus has written, 
or a place for airing the occasional frustration.  I believe it is more 
than that.

The Merry Rose is our perpetual apre-feast feasthall.  Conversations 
swirl, friends seek each other, gentlefolk lurk on the fringes watching 
the interplay, and the occasional voice is raised in objection.  Most 
significantly, we are all here together.

If you don't like the subject of conversation, wander away.  If you 
don't like what someone says, talk to them or ignore them as the mood 
takes you.

However, as always, have a care of what you say.  The ether grants a 
level of buffering that induces some to be bolder or more aggressive 
than they would normally be.  When you can't look into a person's eyes, 
you can't read how your words are impacting her.

Therefore I propose the following actions...
	If you are uninterested in the topic, use the delete button (even if 
you have to use it a hundred times).

	If you take offense with what another writes, use the delete button or 
write privately to them and discuss what they wrote.

	If you offend another, make it right (clarify, apologize, atone).

For those who have listened, I thank you for your attention.  For those 
who wandered off, see you around the hall.

--Ruaidhri