I am on another list that uses Yahoo/Geocities. It works well and causes me
no strife. I have had a geocities website since 1996 and it works fine.
Happy to transfer over to that if that is where the list goes.
Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA - 0411267256 - lboxer@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sustainability and leadership - see http://intergon.net
Victorian Scottish Regiment
NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (none may attack me with impunity)
----------------------------------------------
Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regiment 150th Anniversary --
http://intergon.net/rifles
The Army Lodge 75th Anniversary Fri 3 Dec 2004 -- http://intergon.net/tal
----------------------------------------------
>From: François Gagnon <francois.gagnon.1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: The foucault list - PLEASE READ
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:42:41 -0500
>
>Well, thanks for the service - it was much appreciated.
>
>Also, would anybody be interested if I went on to set up a Foucault list on
>Yahoo? I propose this in order to reduce the work involved for me (I don't
>have time to familiarize myself with any software and it's pretty easy to
>set up a Yahoo list) and it seems to me the offer somewhat the same service
>as the present list (basically an easy going mailing list and an archive -
>although it might be somewhat limited in this last case). Or does somebody
>have a better idea?
>
>If a few people answer positively to my first question, I'll set it up and
>mail here the subscription information...
>
>François
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "malgosia askanas" <ma@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:26 PM
>Subject: The foucault list - PLEASE READ
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > This is to let you know that in about two weeks I intend to close down
>the
> > foucault list. This decision is part of a wider set of decisions having
>to
> > do with the present circumstances of the Spoon Collective - which, as
>you
> > probably know, has been running this list.
> >
> > The Spoon Collective, of which I am the sole surviving founder, has been
> > operating continually for over 10 years. Of the 8 people who currently
> > constitute it, 3 have been in it basically from the very beginning, and
>almost
> > all the others for almost as long.
> >
> > When the Spoon Collective was originally created, a crucial aspect of
>its
>life
> > was our own passionate involvement in the lists we created or took over.
> > As vehicles for bringing into mutual contact and confrontation thinking
> > people from all over the computerized world - people from astoundingly
> > different walks of life and with astoundingly different ways of
>thinking,
> > but with a shared passion for more accurate perception and deeper
>understanding
> > - these lists seemed to us to present a stupendous potential for
>evolving
> > new modes of thought and new modes of life. And it is essential to note
>that
> > when we were motivated by a thirst for new modes of thought and life, it
>was
> > for _ourselves_ that we wanted them. Our project was not about
>providing
>a
> > public or academic or political service, discharging a societal duty, or
> > providing platforms for this or that political organization or
>orientation -
> > rather, it was about changing life - the life we think and live - right
>at
>the
> > present moment.
> >
> > Over the years, however, our relationship with our lists gradually
>changed,
> > and we now find our collective endeavor basically reduced to an
>indifferent
> > performance of a not-excessively-bothersome piece of labor. The reasons
>for
> > this are undoubtedly complex - the first and simplest one, perhaps,
>being
>that
> > the same group of people has been doing the same thing for 10 years. If
>our
> > goal had been less the stability of existing lists and more the
>preservation
> > of our own passion, we probably could have done better. In any case, we
>find
> > ourselves a bunch of burnt out and apathetic bureaucrats.
> >
> > I personally find thie prolongation of this situation no longer
>tolerable
>or
> > sensical. As a result, I have (1) announced that I am quitting the
>Spoon
> > Collective; (2) decided to close down a number of lists that I have been
> > responsible for; and (3) declared the end of the Spoon Collective as a
> > certain historic formation, and stipulated that the name no longer be
>used
>for
> > whatever the present members may undertake in the future.
> >
> > I, of course, cannot judge the value of any particular list from any
> > perspective but my own - and neither would I want to. Only each of you
>can
> > decide whether you value this list enough to step in and recreate it
>somewhere
> > else. If any of you wants to do this, I can make available to you a
>copy
> > of the subscription list, a tarred and gzipped copy of the archive, and
> > software support for a smooth transition. The present list will stop
>operating
> > around December 10th.
> >
> > A number of the other members of Spoon have expressed an interest in
>either
> > continuing their present lists or initiating other collective projects
>at
> > Virginia. We very much hope that no matter what develops, the Spoon
>archives,
> > which, in large part, constitute an eminently useful and fascinating
>resource,
> > can continue to be housed in their present location. In addition, a
>copy
> > of the archives is being installed at the domain driftline.org, where
>they
> > will soon be accessible over the Web. If anybody would like to house
> > additional copies of the full or individual archives elsewhere, this
>would
> > of course increase the goodness.
> >
> >
> > Yours,
> > -malgosia
>
no strife. I have had a geocities website since 1996 and it works fine.
Happy to transfer over to that if that is where the list goes.
Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA - 0411267256 - lboxer@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sustainability and leadership - see http://intergon.net
Victorian Scottish Regiment
NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (none may attack me with impunity)
----------------------------------------------
Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regiment 150th Anniversary --
http://intergon.net/rifles
The Army Lodge 75th Anniversary Fri 3 Dec 2004 -- http://intergon.net/tal
----------------------------------------------
>From: François Gagnon <francois.gagnon.1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: The foucault list - PLEASE READ
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:42:41 -0500
>
>Well, thanks for the service - it was much appreciated.
>
>Also, would anybody be interested if I went on to set up a Foucault list on
>Yahoo? I propose this in order to reduce the work involved for me (I don't
>have time to familiarize myself with any software and it's pretty easy to
>set up a Yahoo list) and it seems to me the offer somewhat the same service
>as the present list (basically an easy going mailing list and an archive -
>although it might be somewhat limited in this last case). Or does somebody
>have a better idea?
>
>If a few people answer positively to my first question, I'll set it up and
>mail here the subscription information...
>
>François
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "malgosia askanas" <ma@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:26 PM
>Subject: The foucault list - PLEASE READ
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > This is to let you know that in about two weeks I intend to close down
>the
> > foucault list. This decision is part of a wider set of decisions having
>to
> > do with the present circumstances of the Spoon Collective - which, as
>you
> > probably know, has been running this list.
> >
> > The Spoon Collective, of which I am the sole surviving founder, has been
> > operating continually for over 10 years. Of the 8 people who currently
> > constitute it, 3 have been in it basically from the very beginning, and
>almost
> > all the others for almost as long.
> >
> > When the Spoon Collective was originally created, a crucial aspect of
>its
>life
> > was our own passionate involvement in the lists we created or took over.
> > As vehicles for bringing into mutual contact and confrontation thinking
> > people from all over the computerized world - people from astoundingly
> > different walks of life and with astoundingly different ways of
>thinking,
> > but with a shared passion for more accurate perception and deeper
>understanding
> > - these lists seemed to us to present a stupendous potential for
>evolving
> > new modes of thought and new modes of life. And it is essential to note
>that
> > when we were motivated by a thirst for new modes of thought and life, it
>was
> > for _ourselves_ that we wanted them. Our project was not about
>providing
>a
> > public or academic or political service, discharging a societal duty, or
> > providing platforms for this or that political organization or
>orientation -
> > rather, it was about changing life - the life we think and live - right
>at
>the
> > present moment.
> >
> > Over the years, however, our relationship with our lists gradually
>changed,
> > and we now find our collective endeavor basically reduced to an
>indifferent
> > performance of a not-excessively-bothersome piece of labor. The reasons
>for
> > this are undoubtedly complex - the first and simplest one, perhaps,
>being
>that
> > the same group of people has been doing the same thing for 10 years. If
>our
> > goal had been less the stability of existing lists and more the
>preservation
> > of our own passion, we probably could have done better. In any case, we
>find
> > ourselves a bunch of burnt out and apathetic bureaucrats.
> >
> > I personally find thie prolongation of this situation no longer
>tolerable
>or
> > sensical. As a result, I have (1) announced that I am quitting the
>Spoon
> > Collective; (2) decided to close down a number of lists that I have been
> > responsible for; and (3) declared the end of the Spoon Collective as a
> > certain historic formation, and stipulated that the name no longer be
>used
>for
> > whatever the present members may undertake in the future.
> >
> > I, of course, cannot judge the value of any particular list from any
> > perspective but my own - and neither would I want to. Only each of you
>can
> > decide whether you value this list enough to step in and recreate it
>somewhere
> > else. If any of you wants to do this, I can make available to you a
>copy
> > of the subscription list, a tarred and gzipped copy of the archive, and
> > software support for a smooth transition. The present list will stop
>operating
> > around December 10th.
> >
> > A number of the other members of Spoon have expressed an interest in
>either
> > continuing their present lists or initiating other collective projects
>at
> > Virginia. We very much hope that no matter what develops, the Spoon
>archives,
> > which, in large part, constitute an eminently useful and fascinating
>resource,
> > can continue to be housed in their present location. In addition, a
>copy
> > of the archives is being installed at the domain driftline.org, where
>they
> > will soon be accessible over the Web. If anybody would like to house
> > additional copies of the full or individual archives elsewhere, this
>would
> > of course increase the goodness.
> >
> >
> > Yours,
> > -malgosia
>