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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=silverhands@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:silverhands@sbcglobal.net">Michael Silverhands</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@lists.ansteorra.org">Ansteorran Bardic list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] Just a few words
(really good words</DIV>
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<DIV>On Nov 7, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Scott Barrett wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">... I'm liking the idea of numerous
meetings,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">wherein polls could be taken to determine if a
college is wanted, if it<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">should have kingdom deputies for officers, if the
premier bard should<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">be an officer, if the college should have it's own
officers and what<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">boundaries and rules those groups want spelled out.
Presenting that at<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">a central meeting like Twelfth night sounds doable.
I can conduct<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">polling at Weisenfeuer's Yule Revel.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">And I'm gonna offer suggestions and comments here
as usual, while<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">encouraging further use of this list among my
fellows.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">~Finnacan</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, Finnacan. I, too, like the idea of using all available venues to
discuss this. And I like the idea that questions and answers voiced here are
archived for later perusal by us, or anyone who wasn't here at the time. And
I'd like to see the minutes of any "live" meetings posted here and on the
bard.ansteorra.org, for the same reasons.</DIV>
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<DIV>But personally, I think we've still got the cart before the horse. We're
talking about the mechanics of how a college should be structured, when we
don't yet have a clear definition of what a college should do.</DIV>
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<DIV>Earlier today, I wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#001fd7>We've
asked several times (in effect) "What do you mean by 'a </FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#001fd7> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#001fd7>college'? What will it do for us, exactly, that we aren't
doing or </FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#001fd7> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#001fd7>couldn't
do for ourselves?"</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I'd still like to see a reply to that question from
Robin before taking another step towards discussion of a college's structure.
Let's please define "function" before we spend any more time talking about
"form". Otherwise we're just spinning our wheels.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Michael</DIV>
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