Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00069)

>I need to put in a plug for theos-l.
>

Doss, I am still subscribed. I hope it picks up.


>Firstly for a long time, theos-l was the only maillist on Internet.


And for this, I thank John Mead. The internet has given me, and some
others, an outlet that was previously unavailable.


>Secondly, like all items of interest, there was a time when the historical
>details about CWL was the topic. So when details about CWL were posted,
>many CWL fans did not like it; it is too bad for them. But for many of the
>more objective subscribers, I learnt about many historical information in 2
>years which I was unaware of in 20 years and party line theosophists would
>not talk about and did not want anyone to know about. In addition, I also
>learnt a lot of information which was not much known even to veteran
>members, some of them were unfortunate and sad for the persons concerned.
>These maillists do serve a purpose and I see a great future in them in that
>they will bring the followers of various theosophical organizations
>together, which is something great because, it is something that the
>leaders of the organizations have not been able to achieve in over 100
>years. I think we all have a great opportunity to prove that there is
>strength in unity of purpose and with Internet as a tool, we can achieve
>successes in a scale that has not been achieved over the last 100 years.
>All that is needed is a couple of dedicated sacrificing individuals.
>
>....mkr
>

Agreed. I have no argument with what you are saying, Doss.

Jerry S.