[CRS_META] declined: crsociety - Forum discussions (o/t)

[Heather Maser]

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From: crs_meta-bounces at lists.calorierestriction.org
[mailto:crs_meta-bounces at lists.calorierestriction.org]On Behalf Of Tim
C.
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:08 AM
To: crs_meta at lists.calorierestriction.org
Subject: [CRS_META] declined: crsociety - Forum discussions (o/t)


Hi Meta,

My off-list message is below.  Based in part on off-list emails
and a strong desire not to moderate an off-topic discussion, I
think it is best to move the discussion elsewhere.

-Tim C.




Hi Lujan,

Your opinion is both welcome and appreciated - you have a valid point
about the different nature of a forum vs a list.  A forum will meet
needs that a list doesn't (and vice versa).

I ask at this time that the discussion occur in one of our other two
lists that are more suitable:

crcomm at lists.calorierestriction.org  -  Community list
crs_meta at lists.calorierestriction.org  -  Meta list (list governance)

The Community list contains most of our active posters and is better
established for topics peripheral to CR.  Further, our moderators
are not burdened with enforcing topicality restrictions.

I do think that letting members know of another CR service is topical
but getting into a debate - or even a protracted discussion - about
the merits of one format versus another is better discussed on the
lists we have setup for that purpose.

I could post this for you to the Community list or you can do it
yourself but the decision ought to be yours to make.  There is a
genuine interest in the merits of forums vs lists.

Meta is our smallest list but has many of the longer term, active,
and influential members of the CRS.  This is where list policy can
be discussed (including moderation policy/decisions).

The oldest list - CR Society - does contain the bulk of our members
but over 90% only read the list and not post and we try to stay
focused on the science and practice of CR.  Getting into meta
discussions about the list itself or minutia of the CRS is suitable
on the lists setup for this purpose.

-Tim C.




> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: Re: [CR] CRON Forum
> From: "Nourishing Perspectives" <mizzi
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:57:01 -0800 (GMT+8)
>
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>
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> My name is Lujan Matus.
>
> When viewing the CR forum of my wife, I see nothing that relates
> to redundancy. Contrary to this, what I see is a genuine positive step
> toward embarking upon a journey that will enhance the cooperative
> awareness of those who wish to progress on the CR path.
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> Karsten
> said: &ldquo;If you have such time, and you want to build a
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> community,
> why not contribute to the large and rather well-established
>
>
>
> community
> that already exists?&rdquo;
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> The format
> of communication at the moment within the email system that is presented
> here seems too complex. Not in terms of personal input. I respect
> everybody&rsquo;s position. But it is a linear maze that is difficult to
> navigate nevertheless. To answer and read this system is even further
> removed from real time than a forum. Hence the need for a forum that
> provides access via a posting system that has continuity within a thread
> that relates to the subject matter expressed there within.
>
>
>
>
> Reading
> this mailing list only reveals to me that what Mizpah has done is
> practical and stems from her own need to express and have others express
> their insights within the parameters that is CR philosophy.
>
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> Regardless
> of any politics that may arise from this, the main issue is clarity;
> transparency within that clarity and within that premise may our hearts
> move forward within the complexity of that heart that reveals the true
> communal mind that embraces every effort to maximize every
> participant&rsquo;s evolution towards their own personal path.
>
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> The forum
> is non-profit. Mizpah wishes not to have control. Her desire is that
> everybody participates within the generous boundaries of simultaneous
> enhancement that reveals pure insight from the energy contributed via the
> members.
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> If any of
> the members of the CR Society wish to become moderators or otherwise make
> a positive contribution they are more than welcome.
>
>
>
>
> Warmest
> regards to you all.
> Lujan.



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