Thanks Gabriel, and of course! Count me in. I will also mail this to the MECCSA people who have expressed interest but are not yet part of this group.


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Gabriel Moreno <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi Ann,

Sorry for the late reply. I seem to agree with many in that that continuing to use this thread for this particular discussion is a statement about the requirement for openness that should be expected from an association like MeCCSA. 

That said, it appears as though many of us are hungry for more free intellectual and academic debate, even when it goes somewhat astray from traditional civility rules. With this in mind, I have taken myself the liberty to start the hash tag #BehindTheNewsFromGaza in the Diaspora social network. 

I have chosen Diaspora because it's a non-for-profit social platform. I chose the Socializer pod, based in Germany, as this should afford an adequate data protection policy framework. 

Those interested in joining should only sign up. The sign up process is very straightforward, and so is using the platform itself. The sign up link is available at: https://socializer.cc/users/sign_up

Do you think you could send an email to the list inviting those interested to use this platform for this and future discussions?

Best wishes,

Gabriel







On 30 July 2014 16:29, Ann Overbergh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
If any of you plan on continuing this discussion on another platform outside MECCSA, please let me know as I'd like to stay involved. This simple mailstring here could be such platform, however we'd be excluding people who have not contributed and wish to keep following. This is not a time to be silent; I'd be very interested in continuing to read different views, arguments, info and literature.
Greetings,
Ann


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