FORKNI-L
Digest - 2 Sep 2010 to 4 Sep 2010 (#2010-165)
Sat, 4 Sep 2010
There are 4 messages totalling 121 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. WAR: Forthcoming War
2. Nigel at Stratford
3. Nigel at Stratford/Lindy (2)
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:22:29 -0400
From: Will Steeves <goid@i.......>
Subject: Re: WAR: Forthcoming War
Becky <rebeccahinson@c.......> write:
>From: "Will Steeves" <goid@i.......>
>>I'm with Greer and Libby. I'm saddened that Susan is no longer
>>with us and I'd like to suggest that not only should we have the
>>next war to remember her, we should outright dedicate it to her.
>I think this is a fantastic idea and I'd like to second this. The war
>should definitely be dedicated to Susan.
Excellent! Does management agree? (If anyone has said something definite
either way, I may have missed it)
>> I believe that at some point, we collectively lost
>> our way, and wars became more about popularity contests,
>> list politics, personality conflicts, dominance by the popular
>> over the unpopular, and trying to show how much better
>> you are by getting one over on someone you don't like,
>> than about simply having fun.
>Will, I don't know what Wars you've been involved in, but the last one is
>the only one I've been active in, and I don't know what you're talking
>about.
I admit it, I may in fact be the only person who has ever consistently had
some sort of bad experience with every war that I have been in. In fact, I
may even be the only person who has ever had a bad experience with any war
ever. Is this my fault? Maybe, maybe not. Does it mean I should stop
participating? No, because these sorts of problems shouldn't happen to
anyone, ever.
>I had lots of fun in the last War and I didn't see anything as a
>popularity contest, or dominance struggles. I think, perhaps, you may be
>biased in that if I'm remembering correctly, there was conflict regarding
>you and how *you* behaved, not anyone else.
Well, you're at least half right. What I disagreed with most, was the
extreme overreaction to my alleged "misbehviour", as well as the capricious
and inconsistent treatment (or more precisely, no punishment whatsoever) of
at least 2 individuals whose "misbehaviour" was actually worse than mine, at
least in degree. So yes, I believe it was personal.
I'm not advocating that the other 2 people should have been punished, but
rather the fact that they were not punished at all, for essentially the same
alleged crime, is absolute proof that it was personal.
I'll explain this in a bit more detail when I make my suggestions for how
this sort of thing can be prevented in the future.
I will, however, "spoiler" myself by saying that 3 of the major suggestions
will be:
- The WM should NOT have absolute power
- The WM's decisions (especially in cases of discipline / punishments) can
be appealed to the listowners (basically ties in with #1, I suppose)
- The WM should NOT be anonymous, "tradition" be damned.
W.
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:35:48 -0700
From: Linda Cooksey <linda.cooksey@s.......>
Subject: Nigel at Stratford
I've put up some pix I took of Nigel at Stratford last week. They are at
http://lindycooksey.com/nigels10.html if anyone wants to check them out.
Lindy :)
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:02:17 -0700
From: "R. Woodward" <rwoody1961@y.......>
Subject: Re: Nigel at Stratford/Lindy
Very nice pictures of Nigel. Thanks for sharing them with us. I wish
that someday I can go to Stratford.
Reba
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:25:24 -0700
From: Linda Cooksey <linda.cooksey@s.......>
Subject: Re: Nigel at Stratford/Lindy
You're welcome.
I love going to Stratford. Ger has already been announced for next season.
Camelot (King Arthur) & Merry Wives of Windsor (Falstaff), I think.
Lindy
--- On Sat, 9/4/10, R. Woodward <rwoody1961@y.......> wrote:
> From: R. Woodward <rwoody1961@y.......>
> Subject: Re: Nigel at Stratford/Lindy
> To: FORKNI-L@l.......
> Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 12:02 PM
> Very nice pictures of Nigel.
> Thanks for sharing them with us. I wish that someday I can go to
> Stratford.
Reba
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