Re: On alienation of SCIT by TELUSA

Sankhavaram Panini (panini@eri.uchsc.edu)
Tue, 26 Dec 1995 16:14:52 -0700 (MST)

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> > and the tone, apart from an isolated incident, quite polite. There has
> > not been a desire to "advertise" this group and increase its membership.
> > Nor has there been an effort to keep it a secret and dissuade newcomers.
> > In fact, any one who came to know of the group, and wanted to join, can
> > do so, without the intervention of the "Group Owners". Quite a few have
> > done so. And a few have opted not to do so.
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> It seems to me there was a reluctance on our part to make
> it be widely known that TELUSA exists. When a proposal was mooted to
> create an alt group for Telugu literature, I did not say anything on SCIT
> that a listserv already exists for that purpose - even though it was the
> obvious thing to say. Neither did anybody else. I was afraid that some
> people known for their hostile posts would join our exclusive, semi-secret
> club and change the atmosphere here. That seems to be an unspoken pact
> amongst us all: we will give the password only to those that we trust.
>

If I am not mistaken, the person who floated the idea of an alt group for
telugu literature was V. Vadlamani who is/was a member of telusaa and is
probably the author of the isolated incident raamakRshNa gaaru was
referring to. In any case, it would seem that Vadlamani must be aware of
the existence of telusaa and I did wonder whether his proposal for an
alt.telugu.literature group had something to do with the mild rebuke he
received for his posting on telusaa!

Coming to the point of discussion, I do share the reservations expressed
by Sree Bapa Rao. My proposal is to test the waters first before
plunging in. I have seen Sree Palana repost his series on plants of
bhaagavatam on scit. Unfortunately, I don't recall seeing an
enthusiastic response to those posts (unlike in this forum). Similarly,
Ms.Aravinda did repeat her request for info on daLit literature on scit
and reports a positive response. May be, the riddles (samasyalu) can be
simultaneously posted on scit and the response gauged to identify not
only the level of interest in literary matters on scit but also talented
people who should be members of telusaa but are not!

Regards,

paaNini