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What this board is:


This board is like a private home.  The owner, Fire Shelby, has decided to hold open house for the neighborhood.  The front door is left open.  People come and go from the house, laugh, have serious discussions, disagree with one another, and all sorts of conversations and interactions.  Most of the people who come to the house have some common goals and interests, some bring their friends to meet the others.  Every now and then, people barge in bent on causing a ruckus, and get escorted off the property.  Sometimes the friends get too loud or stident and others calm them down, or Fire Shelby calls them a cab and sends them home for a while. 


What it is NOT is a public building, even though the front door is open. It is not "free" -- all the guests are there on Fire Shelby's sufferance.  It is Fire Shelby's house.  Fire Shelby fixes the roof and weeds the garden and does all the maintenence.  Fire Shelby is responsible for the house, and gets to decide who is welcome and who needs to leave, or even who is a danger to the other guests.  People who don't like Fire Shelby's house are free to build and maintain their own houses and make their own rules and have their own party.



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foot soldier

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LVN, you are welcome at my party anytime!

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Invictus

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Well stated, LVN. This isn't a republic here. That's a consequence of the kind of bulletin board FS runs on. The only "democratic" boards I know of run on the slashdot moderator model. But as it is, "shared governance" is not the way this board operates.

That said, I volunteer to bring the guacamole!



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Austin Eagle

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Originally posted by: Invictus
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That said, I volunteer to bring the guacamole!

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If you'll give me about 10 hours advance notice and let me sleep on the couch, I'll bring the Margaritas....

AE

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LVN

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If you don't mind a cat sleeping on your head -- and he'll want some of the guacamole.

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Cleansweep

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A lovely description...


This is the "board" I have come to know and care for over several months.  It's been difficult to drop in lately and not recognize anyone.



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truth4usm/AH

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LVN, I love this post!  I'll bring the homemade salsa to our Fire Shelby party!

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Marley's Son

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I brought several guests to Fire Shelby's home in the hopes that concern for them may be expressed on this board that weren't discussed on this campus. A minority spoke with a clear voice and remained immune from the "zaps." For that Fire Shelby, you have my respect and my thanks.


I feel more regret leaving several of the people from this BB than at Graduation 2004. Those people so proud of their "disses" to Shelby would ignore my solidarity to their cause if they were to walk by me (It's that 'invisibility' thing) on campus. However, at FS's house, those people and I commiserated over the spinich dip what similar dreams we have for this university.


If ten-percent of the work of shared communication translates into shared governance and a deeper respect for criticism toward even the most sacred of the faculty, then it may be our voices and not our fonts that sound in one clear voice a demand for free expression.


Much Love.



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There was spinach dip?  Heck, missed it.


In seriousness, M.S., you have a fine mind and a fierce pen.  Remember that unto whom much is given, much is required; I trust we will see you back here someday in a leadership position, or maybe as commencement speaker??


All the best.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



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