I just wanted to start off by saying a big and beautiful thank you to Stephen for this great opportunity for all of us to comunicate together.

Merci Stephen

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1998

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Dear Stephen, What a great idea! I will be watching to see how many people take up the ball and get involved in a meaningful way. I confess I am swamped with global emails daily so my participation may be limited (due to being SD International chair). I really hope this becomes a forum for members of Subud Canada. How will you spread the word?

Ciao,

Rosanna

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1998

Hi Rosanna. How to spread the word? The best way is for people to use it, decide it's useful and pass the word on to others. If it is truly useful, people will really appreciate it. Of course, the more people that use it, the more useful it becomes. It's the old chicken and the egg argument. If the national committee and local chairs start to use it (hint, hint), others will probably join in.

There are a number of things that might be done to help beginners. For those who have never used a computer or the Internet, it can be a daunting experience, just like the first time behind the wheel of a car. I think the best approach is for someone to go with them to where they will probably be using a computer - either a friend who has Internet access or a public-access terminal at a library (perhaps an Internet cafi).

If the computer is already set up and connected to the Internet, all you need to do is type the URL http://www.igs.net/~steveh/subcan.htm into the location bar at the top of the browser and press the Enter key. After that, it's all point and click using the mouse, plus typing the password to the discussion board and typing comments that you might wish to add to any discussion.

Once a newcomer has used it, I think they'll be surprised at how easy it is. But I'm too close to this stuff to really judge how easy it will be for newcomers.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1998

Hi Steve! Great work! This is a marvelous tool and I am sure that it will be a great benefit to Subud Canada. Thank you so much for putting this together for us. Erin

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1998

Hi Stephen,

This is great! thanks very much. I hope we can use this to start dialogues in a number of different areas. For example, there are questions floating around about:

"How does the Regional Organization properly fit/function between the local and national organizations? What should the regional functions be?"

Also I would like to see various threads develop to share/explore various aspects of our Subud experience.

So, thanks again Stephen.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1998

Hello all; Well I finally got here and I hope to keep on. It looks and feels great. Thank you,

-- Anonymous, October 24, 1998

Hi Stephen and tous le monde !

I've only just come aboard this area. Is it still active ? How will Simon Beck's new Server for Subud Canada relate to this web page ?

Love from all in Subud in London, Ontario

Ciao

ILBERT

-- Anonymous, February 14, 1999

Hi Stephen and tous le monde !

I've only just come aboard this area. Is it still active ? How will Simon Beck's new Server for Subud Canada relate to this web page ?

Love from all in Subud in London, Ontario

Ciao

ILBERT

Forgot to post the date - its Sun 14 FRebruary - Valentines Day !!!

-- Anonymous, February 14, 1999