From Jean Sinclair

[Margaret Stokes <milamba@optushome.com.au>]

Hi Rob - I wish some of us would sometimes. 

Yes it is a typical family - all touchiness and indignation but I hope
the corollary of "That's my 'clansperson' you're talking about"
also follows.

By the way I'm Margaret's Mum.
Jean

At 01:45 AM 3/05/00, you wrote:
> some of us are motley, and some
> of us are not Sinclair's that we know of...some people are joiners, some
> are independent free-spririts...I loathe organizations - but I set them
> up myself - a half dozen or more whose members number from 600 -
> 2000...for all the great reasons that Niven and Neil and others have
> pointed out...I hold memberships in only two organizations right now -
> the NS Sinclair's and a music organization I had to join to roast them at
> their annual meeting...
>  
>     Whether you like them or not, whether you
> join them or not the constituents of an organization benefit from the
> labours of that group - whether they are members or not...
>  
>     No one here forces anyone to join, or do,
> or think anything...this list actually encourages divergent
> thinking...some of us live, some of us take long hikes...
>  
>     So whether you join or not, you should at
> least in your heart recognize the efforts of those who work on your
> behalf...
>  
>            
> be well,
>                    
> rob