permaculture

["Kevin Topek" <ktopek@houston.rr.com>]

Gang,

I'm gonna have to second Scotty's opinion here. Lawrence has busted his ass
putting this list and others together from scratch. He may be strident at
times, but aren't we all? Please forgive him his tresspasses and so to will
yours be allowed on this list. Besides, without dialectic there is no
democracy.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Pittman" <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] " a bridge over troubled waters"


> It is very disturbing to me that a certain amount of capriciousness has
> entered the management of this list which has led to people leaving the
> list and searching for alternatives.  I hope this is fixable.
>
> This list has been a fixture in the Permaculture Movement
> internationally and I depend on it for good healthy dialogue,
> information, and continuity in my connection around the world with other
> Permies.  To lose such a resource would be a tragic thing, so it seems
> that all of us must come up with a way to stop the hemorraging of
> membership, and how to deal with management of the list that is more in
> the tradition of  participatory democracy (to use an old SDS term) and
> less subject to caprice.
>
> I think that Lawrence has done an amazing job of putting all of the
> various PC links together and how he has managed to not only create them
> but monotor them is beyond me, but, perhaps, a little help is in order.
> What do you think Larry is there a way we can satisfy the members need
> for a non-flammable environment.
>
> Scott Pittman
>
>
>


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