Re: 2 Sorehand postings? + new ideas for group

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.uclink4.berkeley.edu/~joanl (Joan Lichterman)
 > Date: Fri  Jun  6,  9:38am
 >
 > Hi, Robert! 
 >         I hope you're doing well. Before asking for your advice re Sorehand
 > posting, I wanted to let you know there's a move afoot to change how the
 > group functions, spearheaded by Herb Swords. We talked a couple of weeks ago
 > about some very good suggestions he has, and since he's one of the group
 > members listed through my answering machine for people to call for info,
 > he's been polling others, too. One suggestion is to have fewer speakers and
 > more group sharing, or to have 2 meetings a month, one for sharing
 > info/resources and one for speakers; another is to have a rotating buddy
 > system when new people come to the group, first polling members to find out
 > who would be willing to be "buddies" and in what areas of interest (and also
 > polling members to ask what are the 5 most useful things about the group).
 > (A rotation system would avoid overloading any one person.) We're going to
 > have to make time at meetings to start discussing these things ASAP, and
 > then I think it would be appropriate to devote the October meeting (our 6th
 > anniversary) to make reorganization the main topic; we can then plan the
 > next set of meetings accordingly. (At the same time, we can cull the mailing
 > list. Those who fail to respond will no longer be on the list.) That ties in
 > with Lee and Carol's idea to start a small "job club" as part of the group.
 > These ideas should dovetail quite nicely w/my wish to get others more
 > involved as resources for one another, to more widely disseminate info and
 > also help me reclaim part of my life. *What do you think about them?*

I think these are all good ideas.  Some other people were mentioning similar
ideas to this as well, so I think it may be a "general will" sort-of-thing
(or, is that a "global mind"??)

 >         RE Sorehand, I've got two new announcements, but they only apply to
 > the Bay Area so I don't know if Sorehand is the appropriate place to post
 > them. Do you know of any other venue that would be more appropriate? 

There are lots of area-specific announcements posted to SOREHAND, so I
frankly think it would be completely appropriate.

 >         Many thanks for your help, as always. The postings follow:

I'll post 'em.

 >         Enjoy your summer. See you next week? (I'm off to Montana on 6/18,
 > returning 6/30.)

Have fun.  Don't join any militias...

 > Cheers!
 >            joan 
 >