Here, here.  Not all of us is a poet laureate. What it is? Just speak and
the flowery language will be added at no additional cost.
][<en -  you speak of the "virtual organization":  Every successful movement
throughout history has been cross disciplinary.  They are in some way
related to the human experience in a deeper sense than their mere objecthood
or definition.  The preservation movement needs a BP.  Poetry on Borates and
nostalgic recollections are the movement.  It seems ironic to me that many
of the strongest and oldest traditions involve effemeral artistic endeavors.
It will be interesting to see who comes up with the first hard copy sprung
full blown from the head of Bullamanka.

Leland
-----Original Message-----
From: ARWNY <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 5:20 PM
Subject: Cost of Admission to BP


>Cost of Admission to BP
>
>Whenever there is a new subscriber to BP, or when someone leaves, I get an
>extra e-mail note from the list server keeping me posted on the traffic.
>
>The preservationeers seem to have a small trickle of people joining, which
>particularly heightens after an occasional foray into PL territory, that
keeps
>the list growing. In the role of list owner (which I see more as a role of
>cultivation, owning a list as any gardener thinks they own a purple
cabbage) I
>don’t care if the list increases in subscribers, or not.
>
>What I care about is the depth of relationship building brought about
through
>the list, as well as the opportunity to gain exposure to ideas that may
differ
>from our own.
>
>I am always perplexed by the small group of names that enter the list, say
>nothing, and then as silently leave.
>
>BP will never be any more or less than our interacting with each other.
>
>Bullamanka is not, and never has been, meant to be a list for lurking.
Though
>I threaten to unsubscribe chronic lurkers, I have not ever removed anyone
from
>the list without their having actively requested removal. If you are
lurking
>on BP, and you do not EVER contribute to the melee, then possibly you could
>answer one small question to settle our minds, de-lurk for a short breath:
Why
>are you here?
>
>Possibly you are stuck and want to get away? You have long finger nails and
>cannot type as a result? Your employer is monitoring your brainwaves? The
>sandman keeps dumping a heavy load on your head? You are from building
>security and you thought this was a subversive list of beat
preservationists?
>
>At this dive the cost of admission is the once-in-a-blue-moon special,
speak
>your mind, then you can keep silent.
>
>][<en Follett