Re: Iris-L: Commentary


>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:15:42 -0700 (MST)
>From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
>Subject: Iris-L: Commentary

>Patricia Wenham wrote:
>
>> I cannot raise Sibs or JI here and I might well be able to use
>> the delete key but why should we want the information here? 
>
>(Patricia please do not take this as a personal attack. I mean it as a
>general commentary)
>
>Ok, lets carry this out to its logical conclusion.  Patricia can't grow
>JIs or Sibs  so we shouldn't talk about them on Iris-l. People in
>southern Florida can't grow TBs, so lets not talk about TBs. Folks in
>Arizona can't grow LAs so no talking about them, I can't grow SDBs and
>Medians, axe them from discussions. Pick any kind of iris and I'll bet I
>can find a place they won't grow.
>
>So what do we talk about, the weather?
>
>This is an iris list for pete's sake. An open forum. If a subject is not
>interesting, use the delete key. Its the price we pay for getting all
>that other good information (you know the stuff we *ARE* interested in).
>We are very fortunate to have a wide diversity of interests, climates,
>and individuals. The other price we pay is PARTICIPATING. If no one
>participates, or groups take all their discussions off the list *no one*
>gets any benefit. It is a great way to kill off the list.
>
>> It is unfair to ask Ellen to do this.  
>
>Nonsense, it is no big deal to add the iris-l address to the cc: list on
>a message. It is a policy issue. 
>
>What goes around, comes around. Sow and ye shall reap. The more you
>contribute to the list the more you get out of it.
>
>The argument that "we have to have a small private group before we can
>have a meaningful discussion" IMHO is claptrap. Certainly, as Sharon
>says, there are very few that are interested in the highly technical
>discussions of chromosomes, but there are not that many subjects so
>technical as to not have a wider audience (beginner or expert.)
>
>I'll probably get flamed for this, that is one of the disadvantages in
>standing on a wooden soap box. I believe in the iris-l, I have learned a
>great deal from it, and I put what I can into it iris or otherwise.
>Maybe I just need a life...but I would sincerely hate to see the list
>wither away. I can personally point to four or five people who now have
>iris interests because of the list.
>
>John            | "There be dragons here"
>                |  Annotation used by ancient couriers
>                |  to indicate the royalty that shoot the messengers.
>

Well this is my third and last comment on this subject. Everyone has something
pertinent to say, and everyone is right and no one is wrong. All thoughts are
valid. I think that there has been too much discussion lately of what should be
done, what can be done, what shouldn't be done, what is acceptable, what is not
acceptable, and on and on and on. Let us just follow that old golden rule "live
and let live". If you don't like it delete it. Lets just enjoy the list and
all, I say again 'all', of the conversations. Let us learn as much as we can or
want and 'talk' as much as we like about 'all' Irises. And any group that goes
off on a side list please forward your mail to the general list so we don't
lose practice with the delete key!:),:),:)



Jefrie Jenkins
Kent, WA - which is between Seattle & Tacoma
Sunset Zone 5, USDA zone 7 AIS region 13
6.33 inches of rain in February with 20 of 28 days raining.
High temp of 46 degrees and low of 36 degrees.
e-mail: docjef@hotmail.com

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