[Namron] Official or not (it's merely pining for the fjords)
Radei Drchevich
radei at moscowmail.com
Sun Feb 26 19:59:06 PST 2006
THANK YOU.... that is what I have been trying to say.
Sometime I have brain-fart and just can't get it to come out right.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Pharaoh" <sherdana at hotmail.com>
> To: namron at ansteorra.org
> Subject: RE: [Namron] Official or not (it's merely pining for the fjords)
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:16:46 -0600
>
>
> Hi Duncan, (and any neo-e-Luddites out there who somehow are forced
> to see these emails), I would rather have an email than a
> telephone call any day! With email it's hard for people to forget
> what they were saying, and I don't have to worry about whether or
> not I understood them, but since I have hearing and memory
> problems, that is my choice. You can leave an email, with a note
> to reply when the email is received, and if you don't get a reply,
> send it again, or try and find out why there is no reply. I can
> save emails for years, and remind myself who wrote what and when,
> and rediscover good ideas and questions, or find out what happened
> in Norman or Berlin or whatever, even if I couldn't physically meet
> with my friends.
>
> For information like directions to a new meeting place, addresses,
> or heraldric information, email is much better in my opinion, and
> no matter what time of the day or night I am finally able to be
> connected, I can read the accumulated messages. That beats the
> heck out of getting a busy signal, or having to worry about being
> out of range of cell phone towers. A Call Tree/ Phone Tree works
> great for meeting cancellations, and immediate priority messages,
> if you have a cell phone, but most regular announcements that are
> made on the internet, (along with a synopsis of important business)
> can be easily shared here.
>
> There is no reason that inportant topics brought up or discussed at
> an Official meeting can't be posted online, and since the "Plume"
> is a free publication, the rules from the SCA seem to infer that it
> may also be put online, if you make sure to get releases from the
> contributors. In fact, the laws of Oklahoma seem to state that any
> NP organization that has a meeting should post the minutes of the
> meeting somewhere for the general public to view, if they want to
> continue to have tax exemptions.... I'm not sure how we manage to
> avoid that, maybe noone ever complained.
>
> Bad health, bad roads, distance, family, financial considerations
> and work conflicts are all a fine reason for missing any meeting,
> real life should come first. This is still a "game". The internet
> newsgroup is considered just as official as the various sub-kingdom
> newsletters, none of which are "corporate publications of the
> Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc." and could be used to convey
> relevant local information. While we are playing pre-AD1601, we
> are doing it in the 21st century, and I would hope that we would
> use all forms of communication that would make it easier for people
> to get the information about events, meeting times, and anything
> else that enhances the "dream".
>
> Caius Fabius
> retired businessman, teacher and soldier
> ex-member of the BoD of some Oklahoma based NPOs.
> SCA dreamer
>
>
> > From: Duncan MacNamara <sca_macnamara at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org>
> > To: Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org>
> > Subject: RE: [Namron] Official or not (it's merely pining for the fjords)
> > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:15:11 -0800 (PST)
> >
> > Except for the fact that sometimes email delivery is delayed.
> > Sometimes, I don't get notices of changes via email until well
> > after the meeting time. Course, I don't have the gas money to
> > attend Namron's meetings, but the same situation occours
> > elsewhere.
> >
> > That's one reason that email is not considered an "official"
> > means of communication. Not everyone checks their email every
> > day, and some email servers delay delivery, and sometimes email
> > gets lost to the mists of cyberspace.
> >
> > When you talk to someone on a phone, you know the message was
> > recieved. That's why I ask for email *and* phone information for
> > my contact sheets, even though my group is just a household/guild
> > type... That way, there are two forms of contact you can pursue.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Admiral Lord Duncan MacNamara
> > Captain of the HMS Iron Lotus
> > Ansteorran Royal Navy
> >
> >
> > A simple e-mail the morning of the meeting would be enough to
> > inform people on the list. and it should be easy enough to guess
> > with reletive accuracy as to weather condition by end of day.
> > especailly given that the Senechal is a meteorologist.
> > communication concerning none weather/meeting place information
> > and/or question I am out of ideas. obviously my attemps are not
> > successful, so I must be doing it wrong.
>
>
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