Hi Folks
As it's the start of the month and my brain's in reasonable functioning
order at the moment, I'm posting the Charter and Rules of the
MOQ_DISCUSS forum. Please take the time and effort to read
through them - even if you have many times before - and try to stay
as close as possible to their content and spirit.
The main thing I would request is that postings stay within the
boundaries of discussion of the MOQ and/or Pirsigs writings - some
of the recent posts seem to be straying significantly from this
criterion. If in doubt - RTFM!!! :)
(Technobabble Mod ON)
As an additional request could I ask that members monitor their mail
quota at their ISP. I've recently had to unsubscribe a couple of
members whose mail accounts are continually bouncing posts due
to inability to receive mail. If this does happen to anyone, then please
sort out the problem and re-subscribe. I'm not doing this maliciously
and I know it's a pain, but when 75% of the mail I receive is bounced
from mailservers due to non-delivery I'm not going to bother to be
patient and wait.
(Technobabble Mod OFF)
Horse
Administrator - MOQ_DISCUSS Mailing List
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MOQ_DISCUSS CHARTER
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ranging forum for the discussion of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of
Quality.
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abusive behaviour of all kinds.
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MOQ_DISCUSS RULES
1) As a minimum requirement for joining the MOQ_DISCUSS mailing
list members must have read Lila by Robert M. Pirsig.
2) All topics and discussions must be relevant to the Metaphysics of
Quality in general or some particular aspect of Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance or Lila.
3) Each member should limit the number of posts they submit to a
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4) Members should reproduce only the relevant parts of any previous
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