Thanks, Winfried, for your wonderful comments.
I'm very sure that some of our native-english-speakers share the same
thoughts that you've expressed.
As host and organizer of learning-org, there are a couple of points that I
think are important...
1) Lurkers are welcome here. Anytime, all the time, permanent, temporary,
emergent, self-organizing, etc.
2) Although this is an English speaking facility, participants whose
first language is another tongue are very welcome. Over a long part of my
career, I got enormous insight from a French colleague who always had a
different way of looking at things. (He used to say that it was very
tiring for him to listen and speak in English.)
In general, I'm quite pleased with the warmth of welcome that is given
here for newcomers, students, and for people whose English is not
perfect. I'm most proud of what we're all doing here when the list as a
whole is a learning organization.
3) Delayed replies are welcome. Of course, some people will reply
quickly, but if there is something that has not been said, please feel
free, even if there's a considerable delay, to add your thoughts. The
asynchronous character of the internet should be used to our benefit.
And, finally, I think your English is excellent! Thanks for your comments.
-- Rick
On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, W.M. Deijmann wrote:
> I am probably the "take your time between stimulus and response" lurker.
> Being a Dutch native speaker , I am often overwhelmed by the top-academic
> and extremly excellent way of using the english language by most of you. I
> am also often very touched by the honesty and directness of many replies.
> I have learned so much about Learning Organisation Concepts and about you
> Americans since I am on this list! I sure don't want to miss it anymore.
>
> Some day's have gone by, by the time _I_ manage to formulate an english
> written reply to one or another topic . It has happened a couple of times
> that I did not want to post my replies anymore because I felt it was too
> late and the thread had gone unexpected directions which didn't feel
> related anymore to my reply.
...snip...
> Honestly spoken I am a bit afraid that (in a while) Non english native
> speakers are not welcome anymore on this list. I hope I am wrong!
>
> winfried@universal.nl (W.M. Deijmann)
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