<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 7, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Scott Barrett wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">... I'm liking the idea of numerous meetings,<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 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-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">should have kingdom deputies for officers, if the premier bard should<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 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-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">boundaries and rules those groups want spelled out. Presenting that at<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">a central meeting like Twelfth night sounds doable. I can conduct<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">polling at Weisenfeuer's Yule Revel.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">And I'm gonna offer suggestions and comments here as usual, while<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">encouraging further use of this list among my fellows.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">~Finnacan</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><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><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><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><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Earlier today, I wrote:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 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-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 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-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FD7">couldn't do for ourselves?"</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 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><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Michael</DIV></BODY></HTML>