Theos-Talk Archives (July 2009 Message tt00019)

yeah true, and remembering what it was one wanted to say!ÂÂ lol

Cass


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>From: "Drpsionic@aol.com" <Drpsionic@aol.com>
>To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Thursday, 2 July, 2009 2:24:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Internet and aged TS leadership
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>It isn't the typing that is the problem. It is staying out of the 
>bathroom long enough to turn on the computer.
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>Chuck the heretic
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>In a message dated 7/1/2009 9:19:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
>silva_cass@yahoo. com writes:
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>mmmmh and I think we decided that if one can type one can email.
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>Cass
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>>From: MKR <_mkr777@gmail. mkr_ (mailto:mkr777@gmail. com) >
>>To: theos-talk <_theos-talk@ yahoogrotheos- t_ 
>(mailto:theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com) >
>>Sent: Wednesday, 1 July, 2009 11:11:15 PM
>>Subject: Theos-World Internet and aged TS leadership
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>>Internet and aged TS leadership
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>>It looks like it is high time that we organize an intensive workshop to
>>educate the wisdom-full, elderly theosophical leaders about Internet tools
>>and their potential to help TS and theosophy. While everyone has used 
>email
>>at one time or other, still it appears they are behind the curve and thus
>>losing precious opportunity and time to rejuvenate our efforts to spread
>>theosophy and better engage in multi-mode with membership. While we all 
>know
>>that email was extensively used by many of the leaders in the nomination
>>planning behind the scenes and execution and subsequent electioneering,
>>still there is a very wide gap in communication between the leaders and 
>the
>>ordinary members. Leaders are absent from cyberspace.
>>.
>>About a decade ago, I saw in the USA, first hand, the reluctance and
>>resistance to use fast inexpensive electronic mode of communication and
>>still stuck to pencil and paper technology. This can be attributed only to
>>the aged leaders who still could not understand modern technology and how 
>it
>>can contribute to cost savings and efficiency.
>>.
>>A funny recent comment on theos-talk mentioned about how, last year, the
>>email in-boxes of the International Secretary and International Treasurer
>>getting filled up. At international level, what else do you expect. You 
>will
>>get numerous email because it is cheap, quick and efficient. And members
>>will use it to contact these officers and send information and
>>correspondence. There are ways to deal with large volumes of email and all
>>you need to do is to talk to someone who knows how. Or just post a message
>>on theos-talk (which is free!) and you will be inundated with help from
>>members from around the world. I suspect when this comment was made, both
>>the offices were filled with very old people who have not used email much.
>>It is a pitiful and sad situation for an organization which is to be at 
>the
>>forefront. Also, India, which is supplying IT talent world-wide, has 
>enough
>>local talent to help. Only one has to ask for help.
>>.
>>We have had a lot of hair-splitting discussion about the rules and how 
>they
>>need to be tweaked or changed even though such changes will not help the
>>basic membership problems, use of Internet technology for multi-mode
>>communication should be on top priority. Also each section can do whatever
>>they want because of the autonomy that is guaranteed by the organizational
>>setup of TS. Let hope that the aged leaders wake up and show up in
>>cyberspace.
>>.
>>MKR
>>.
>>Visit www.theosophy. net and enjoy
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