Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 17:29:39 -0500
From: Harriet
To : us
Subject: Re: Greetings from the Shrine and Council, and Meetings

Antistoicus wrote:

>
> ... Hi. It was great seeing you all at HeathenCon, this Sunday. You
> ... expressed some interest in either the Shrine of the Sleeping Gods, or the
> ... Council for Pagan Liberty and Interfaith Cooperation (usually both, it
> ... seemed). So, I was thinking that we might set up a combined organizational
> ... meeting for the two groups, and sort things out. Since we met on Sunday,
> ... from 12 - 6 pm, I take it that starting somewhere between 12 and 6 on
> ... another Sunday would work for people? How about either the 7th, or the
> ... 21st? (The 14th being Mother's Day).
>
> ... If not, please speak up, and let's see what we can work out. In general, I
> ... would like to get some sense of when people are free. Five of us don't
> ... have net access, at present, and if we have a range of possible meeting
> ... days, it'll be easier to coordinate with them.
>
> ... My own schedule is pretty flexible. However, we should keep in mind that
> ... some of us are coming in from the suburbs, so it might be best to avoid
> ... weekdays.
>
> ... Some topics I would propose for the meeting, among others ...
>
> ......... 1. As you may know, Bob's newsletter, The Gazette, recently
> .............. folded, after some years of operation. Now, should we work on
> .............. starting a newsletter to take its place, and if so, how should it
> .............. differ from the old one? And, what would be some good article
> .............. topics? As we have almost two dozen members, it would seem that
> .............. collectively we could fill a good sized newsletter each month,
> .............. even without outside contributions.
>
> ......... 2. Starting work on our own rituals. In the case of the Shrine, we
> .............. have some obvious source material - accounts of Ancient Greek and
> .............. Roman rituals, along with more modern popular observances which
> .............. derive from Pagan sources. In the case of the council, do we even
> .............. want rituals at its meetings? And, if so, what would be fitting
> .............. for that more eclectic group?
>
> ......... 3. Practical considerations. Where do we meet? (The virtue of the
> .............. coming weekend is that the weather will be good for an outside
> .............. meeting). When do we meet? That sort of thing.
>
> ... Your thoughts? By the way, my home telephone number is (ommitted).
> ... I'll work on clearing out my phone mail this afternoon, so messages
> ... should get to me.
>
> ..................................................................... Respectfully yours,
>
> ................................................................................................ Antistoicus
>
>

Dear Antistoicus : I don't remember signing up for your mailing list, but obviously I did or I would be replying to your message! It's called "sieve brain," a disease that know no age limit but consists of information going in one ear (or eye) and coming out the other without stopping in between!

However, thank you for the message. I've been missing The Gazette and on Sunday I thought there are more than enough Pagans in this area to have a regular newsletter on the order of the Aspectarian (but not so enormous); why don't we?

And while reading your message, something hit me between the eyes that saud "You're a trained and very experienced editor; you volunteer." I don't volunteer very often, but the punch was powerful! So I'd like to find out about a newsletter: what others think about whether we should, what it should be like (I'd have to learn how to produce artwork and such on the computer and get a scanner), frequency, etc., etc., etc.

Sunday the 7th or 14th is good for me! My public Craft name is Nocturne and my phone is (deleted). I live in East Rogers Park and I drive. I'm also retired, so I have some time to do things. I've not been really public or active in the community, but it's time to come out of hibernation and do something.

Regards, BB,
Harriet/Nocturne

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