[Fuusm-l] News and Opinion in Confluence?

[Annie Warmke]

Ted;  I appreciated the articles on the UUA general assembly and Dawn's 
piece.  It's refreshing to read about other things besides the 
government or the two national political parties.  Thanks for including 
those things in the CONFLUENCE.  Annie

On 8/1/2023 8:06 AM, Ted Goertzel via Fuusm-l wrote:
> Of course everyone's "take" on things is different.  As editor of 
> Confluence, I thought we should have had a brief news story about 
> the dialog session since it was one of the significant events in our 
> community. That's different from my opinion, I think the distinction 
> between a news story and an opinion column is important. But this 
> depends on whether you want to see Confluence become more like a 
> newsmagazine, with news and opinion stories, or do you just want it to 
> be a calendar of events?
>
> If we want, we can have news and/or opinion on the dialogue sessions 
> in the September Confluence, after both meetings have been held.  For 
> Confluence, it would be best if one of the organizers would write 
> something. That is how Confluence usually works, the people involved 
> in each activity write the stories.  If there is a lot of material, 
> such as the written statements many participants prepared for the 
> dialogue session, or other opinion pieces, I can post them in a 
> separate file and link to them from Confluence itself. But maybe we 
> want to treat this as a hush hush personnel matter and not put it in 
> Confluence.  I don't think Confluence has readers in the community 
> outside the church, I'm not even sure how many members read it. I'm 
> not going to produce separate issues, one for the members and one for 
> the public, it would be too much trouble and people would have to 
> access it through the members only page on fuusm.org 
> <http://fuusm.org> with a password and captcha which would further cut 
> the readership.
>
> I would also like to share my opinion, of course, which I could do at 
> the August session except that I expect to be out of town. I would 
> like to have the meeting available to members on Zoom, and there may 
> be others who will be traveling in August. Opening a Zoom room for 
> members doesn't mean opening it to the general public.  We spent a lot 
> of money setting up the sanctuary for Zoom, and our tech team does a 
> great job, why not use it?
>
> In the August Confluence 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DiNG859zSxqwJfS0MZrS_J6TEVBeUFDD1RlaTDfYf-k/edit?usp=sharing>, 
> we have an interesting essay by Dawn on the afterlife (no, it's not 
> the Great General Assembly in the Sky).  We also have several reports 
> on the Pittsburgh General Assembly.  But I'm not sure if people want 
> to read this sort of thing in Confluence, maybe we all already have 
> enough reading.  I'd appreciate anyone's input on what you would like 
> Confluence to be.
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:53 PM C-D Keller <doraville5153 at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Please keep in mind that Ted Goertzels “take” on the Dialogue
>     meeting may not agree with other people’s “take “.
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>>     On Jul 31, 2023, at 2:27 PM, Ted Goertzel via Fuusm-l
>>     <fuusm-l at fuusm.org> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>
>>     Here is the August edition
>>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DiNG859zSxqwJfS0MZrS_J6TEVBeUFDD1RlaTDfYf-k/edit?usp=sharing>
>>     of our collectively written and illustrated monthly newsletter. 
>>     This one has some essays (closer to the end) as well as the usual
>>     calendar, photos and news items.  We learn where Dawn expects to
>>     spend eternity (it's not heaven or hell) , and get some reactions
>>     to the UUA General Assembly. There are photos of the Playstation
>>     service on July 30. I have also experimented with some AI drawn
>>     illustrations.
>>
>>     There is no story on the July 23 Dialogue Session.  If you want
>>     my take on it, you can email me. I'll be out of town for the
>>     August 23 session and won't be able to cover it unless they put
>>     it on Zoom.
>>
>>     As usual, there are two formats:
>>
>>     Click here for the August Confluence as a Google Doc.
>>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DiNG859zSxqwJfS0MZrS_J6TEVBeUFDD1RlaTDfYf-k/edit?usp=sharing>
>>     Recommended because the text loads quickly, it can be updated or
>>     corrected during the month, and it reads well on a phone or
>>     tablet (turn the phone sideways).  The pictures will load slower
>>     on a slow connection.
>>
>>     Click here for the August Confluence as a PDF
>>     <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZn8T2NjlbxQHsZkh3qwc0NwJTVcKhyw/view?usp=sharing>. 
>>     Recommended if you prefer to save a copy on your own device.
>>
>>     Ted Goertzel, editor
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