Saying anything bad about a team I'm rooting for should be
interpreted as a flame.
Mark
At 12:57 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
>Looks good to me. Item #3 needs rigorous enforcement.
>Agree wholeheartedly with Mark and I'm sure Tad will excuse the
>occasional NFL reference in season. Go Bills!!! Oops out of season.
>
>Roger Collett
>
>
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>>And don't forget that the baseball season is about to start.
>>
>>I figure we're all here because we care about poetry, and if a
>>discussion starts wandering far afield, someone will bring it back
>>to poetry. I'll volunteer to be one of those someones.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:36 PM
>>Subject: Re: Proposed Policy Document for Poetryetc: Please Comment
>>
>>
>>Joe: Looks good to me, except for #2, unless
>>"related discourses" is interpreted very broadly.
>>For two reasons: 1. everything most of us do
>>tends to spiral back to or feeds poetry
>>eventually; 2. sometimes it's ok for the list to
>>be just a pub where all the regulars agree that
>>it's normal to be a poet, even if the talk is
>>about the rugby match on the tube.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>At 12:08 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
>>>Poetryetc List Policies [Draft]
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