<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 24, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Esther wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>What happened to the Queen's College? Is resurection a possibility or even a good idea?</DIV> <DIV><BR>Esther<BR><BR><B></B></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><opinion></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It got bogged down in pointless, snipey internal politics and died of natural causes. At which point it became self-evident that the bards of the kingdom didn't need a "household" with badges, ranks, elevations, class differences, yada yada, in order to encourage them to perform. They just needed to be encouraged to perform.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV></opinion></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>That's the opinion of someone who was watching from the outside. The opinion of someone from the inside might be different, and would definitely be worth hearing.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Michael</DIV>(running a fever and coughing my brains out, so probably too blunt to be sending emails today)<BR></BODY></HTML>