Folks, Well, I think I have an answer to my question.
I have experienced this kind of thing before and it seems obvious where it is going. It is also becoming clearer to me where it comes from. I am saddened by this turn of events. The truth is that it is too stressful to attempt to continue in this environment. I have enjoyed the discussions with many of you and I will miss hearing your ideas. If you do wish to contact me directly please do so. I would love to hear from you. And I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. And if you would like to talk about the future of contra dance calling in another forum please do contact me. Perhaps we can come up with a way to do that. There is much, much to discuss. My best wishes to all of you. Greg McKenzie greken...@gmail.com 1435 Myrtle Ave. Coos Bay, OR 97420 (831) 325-7627 On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Rickey Holt <hol...@comcast.net> wrote: > Greg, > I am afraid I fine it ironic at the very least, for you to call for a more > civil discourse. Your tone has been so denigrating and disrespectful of > others for so long that I too have been ignoring your posts pretty > regularly. That is easy enough. But when I read that a caller as well > established as Martha Wild has not posted for a long time because of the > treatment she received from you on this list, I am much more worried. Far > from encouraging an open exchange this is evidence that you have stifled > it. > As I remember it, folks posting here have tried to point this out to you > several times in the past. > Moderators, > I propose that Greg not be allowed to post here for perhaps a month. I do > not take such a step lightly and rather than suppressing free speech, this > would encourge it. > Rickey Holt > > -----Original Message----- > From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net > [mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Greg McKenzie > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 3:28 PM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] A Call For Civility > > Lindsay wrote: > > > Well, you might want to walk this one back, then: > > > > >> "The dancers in your video look like a competent group of regulars > > >> who > > are > > >> able to adapt to poorly-structured calls quickly and graciously. > > >> I'm > > sure > > >> they have a lot of practice at it. I find it very productive to be > > >> more diligent in my own calling." > > > > Alright. I only watched part of the first video. I didn't really note who > the caller was. And I certainly didn't mention any caller. (The names of > the callers were inserted into my post by a subsequent poster. I never > mentioned them.) I was trying to make the point that this was a group of > regular contra dancers, with few, if any, first-timers in the crowd. Since > there are no callers I know of who use structured calls regularly it is a > sure bet that these folks have had lots of experience interpreting > unstructured calls. > > I seldom call for such experienced groups. Consequently I use structured > calls more than most callers do to maintain the confidence of newcomers. I > should have been more clear in my post, and I should have anticipated that > some folks might take it personally. I'm sorry about that. As a policy I > try to avoid taking anything posted here personally unless it has my name > on > it. > > - Greg McKenzie > West Coast, USA > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
