[Jubilee] important list details

[Chris Steinbeisser-Fitz]

Dear friends,

Thanks for your patience with this process of change in the 
Jubileetroupe/Jubilee Arts listserv.  I wanted to say a few words as the 
list administrator to make this as painless as possible.  Hey, maybe 
even fun.  And keep this for your records if you want to remember any of 
the details.

First, in case you didn't catch the first announcement buried in the 
retreat report, the Jubilee Troupe has disbanded and at the same time, 
moved toward being part of a wider network of artist-seeker-activists... 
"Jubilee Arts" in part, through this listserv.  We have decided to give 
this list reciprocity which means, as a member, you can also post to 
it.  I realize that changes the character of the list and understand if 
it's too much to continue with conversation.  But please read!

First, i have changed the auto-reply settings so that you won't easily 
reply to the whole list accidentally unless you actually select it.  I 
have also temporarily set an "emergency moderation" since so many people 
were sending list emails to unsubscribe.  Both these changes should take 
care of a good many extraneous emails for which i heartily apologize!  
But if you do want to reduce your intake or unsubscribe i'll need your 
help unless i'm to stay up 'till 1 AM tomorrow morning too... read on...!

Second, if you are curious and want to lurk but not be inundated with 
individual emails -- i suggest you go to the list info page: 
http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/jubileetroupe as Carol 
suggested, enter your email address at the bottom, make up a password 
and then choose DIGEST.  This will condense all the day's messages into 
one email so you can "peruse headlines" as a way of skimming.  That of 
course only applies if we actually have list traffic on a given day.

Third, *if you do want to unsubscribe, *please go to the list info 
page:  http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/jubileetroupe , enter 
your email address at the bottom and you will get a short list of 
options where you can directly unsubscribe.  Feel free to send me a note 
if you still want to be receive special future event announcements.  In 
any case, if you could do me the favor of unsubscribing this way rather 
that through the list (administrator), my sleep with thank you!

Finally, it warrants clarifying, that we former jubilee troupe members 
and friends opened this list up with the intention of:

   1. sharing your own events related to arts-faith-culture/social
      change/liberation that might be of interest to others on the list
      (currently 270 people [almost all] from across the US);
   2. sharing and soliciting ideas about your own creative work and play
      for the benefit of the larger body of artists/seekers/activists
      gathered;
   3. asking and responding to questions about your own (and others')
      creative, spiritual and activist life;
   4. having a forum to generally explore this juncture of being
      artist-seeker-activist, especially in a North American and "peace
      church" context and especially related to embodied and often
      improvisational arts.  Having said that, we welcome those from
      beyond this identity, religious tradition and artistic experience!

Indeed i know many on the list who are not Christian, don't consider 
themselves "artists" or "activists" and "don't dance" (or do theater).  
Welcome!  Art, i think, like God, eventually transcends all our boundaries.

With these intentions in mind, i hope it's clear that we need to respect 
the virtual "community space" that's emerging here in similar ways that 
we would respect "real" community space.  Please then direct any 
explicitly personal and/or logistical messages to the appropriate 
folks.  As an administrator (for the time being), i hope not to 
intervene or moderate discussion very often at all, but i understand 
that it sometimes comes with this role.  I understand that creativity 
flourishes in "welcoming space" and hope this can be that kind of haven.

Having said all that, this is still an experiment.  We may still need to 
make some more adjustments based on your feedback.  We never imagined 
this as a chatty high-traffic discussion group, but I'm just as curious 
as Jay to see where it goes!

Now i step aside and let your juices also flow....

peace now,
 chris


Chris Fitz
York, PA