In addition to our recent additions (!), I thought I'd let you know what new
subscribers get in their email once they're added to the list.
Currently, every new addition to the mailing list gets four forwarded emails
from me:
1) Doc's kickoff Greetings email discussing everyone's plans for the summer
celebrations.
2) James Loehlin's Anniversary email going into further detail about the
ambitious celebration plans the Shakespeare-at-Winedale program is offering.
3) Doc's Let Wonder Be Familiar message from about a month in to the mailing
list.
4) Doc's Update including SXSW story and an appeal for Camp Shakespeare.
I think many of us were initially concerned there would be a lot of email
traffic on this mailing list -- as most of you know, this has not been the
case. I think under the circumstances everyone should feel free to
communicate to the list at large -- judiciously -- anything you reasonably
think would be of interest to all of us. This probably includes anything
that's Winedale-related, or Shakespeare-related, or Anciano-related -- but
obviously Viagra or porn spam, or chain letters from Nigeria, are unwelcome.
Be prudent as well as perfect. Social salutations rather than sales
solicitations. You get the idea.
We're still missing many alums. When I have time I try to reach out to
people we've missed so far. (For example, Rich Armington from 1980 is still
in Austin, apparently, and I've given him a call. You should too.) If each
of us reaches out to at least one person we remember from Winedale who's not
currently on the mailing list, and if only half of those people opted in,
we'd increase the our 160+ mailing list by as much as another 80 people or
so. I think we should give this a try, if only to make sure that no one
misses the reunion events who would want to be there. Also, reaching out to
our confreres is just generally a good thing in itself. So I urge you to
make a little time to do so.
I've really enjoyed the one-on-one correspondences I've been having with my
old friends, but I always feel a little pang when I remember they're not
shared with the group at large. So, don't be *too* afraid to share
something with the larger list. And definitely don't be afraid to contact
old friends from Shakespeare at Winedale and invite them to join us.
--Mike
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