I wouldn't presume to speak for Joy (or anyone else), but I feel confident
that most of the women I know would have a negative reaction to being called
a groupie, even in jest. Just some food for thought.

Cya,
Robert
'87 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: Fan Club Forming NVC?

> I'm going to give my last word on this.
> I noticed that Joy Hecht had devoted a page to the Road Haus episode.
> I interjected the part about FAN CLUB and GROUPIE to throw a little humor
> into the otherwise boring content hoping that folks might have their
> curiosity tweaked and go visit the page.
> It has nothing to do with Flames, Poor Taste, Bashing or "community's
> reaction to a specific stimulus".
>
>
> Stan Wilder
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Townsend, Michael D" <Michael.Townsend@SONYERICSSON.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Fan Club Forming NVC?
>
>
> You know,
>
> This flamefest actually prompted me to sign off for a while, so someone
> else may have made this point.  If not, here goes:  At Everybus, Larry
> told me that one of the reasons of his adventure is to study the
> anthropological concepts of a modern "community" from our wide and
> diverse group of people with only one thing in common.  As you may
> recall, his profession was training and consultancy in team building,
> group dynamics, etc.  Therefore, this whole incident is going to make a
> whole chapter in his new book if he chooses to write one.  This has been
> a great study of a community's reaction to a specific stimulus, and oh
> what a reaction it was.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Stan Wilder
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:51 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fan Club Forming NVC?
>
>
> After following the plight of RoadDog I'm pleased to report that Larry
> has his first Groupie.
>
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/May10-04.html
>
> Stan Wilder