[compost_tea] REPLY TO: Another self appointed expert? The state a ACT and it's scams...

From: chris reid <reidchris_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:48:42 -0500

It is my understanding that the book is essentially a summary of posts that
Elaine has made to this board and perhaps elsewhere that Carole has
collected over time. (Please correct me if I'm wrong here). It would
therefore seem that the expertise is primarily Elaine Ingham's.

I haven't seen the book. Only Carole can say how much of her editing was
reformatting and wordsmithing and how much a contribution of
expertise/experienced ear to clarify any places posts were unclear.

I don't know Carole, but am confident Elaine would not let her name and
copyright go on anything less than accurate information.

The board archives are extremely difficult to use at this point. I'd say a
major service has been done by collecting this information into one place
and making it available. I don't much care the background of the person
doing it -- the service stands as the major contribution it is. Since I see
no representation here of Carol Anne as the primary expert, anyone who is
going to get hung up on "who did it" is missing an opportunity to be
informed and move their knowledge of tea ahead without spending hours
dodging ads and being told the archives is not functional at the moment
(over and over and over again). I also credit Elaine Ingham with
generosity -- being willing to share the acknowledgement and presumably
financial benefit with the person who made it possible for her to make this
info available. I know what it takes to reformat and work through old
posts. It can be an exhaustive and intense and time consuming process. Not
something to take for granted that e.g. Elaine's staff would have the extra
major investment of time to take this on.

So now I've countered what I consider to be irrelevant speculation with what
I consider to be relevant speculation -- but I am no fan of speculation, and
here I am indulging in it.

Maybe somebody who has seen the book would like to review it so we can
intersperse some *fact* with my suppositions and Linda's exhaustive review
of Carole's irrelevant past? I don't believe they merit any reply by
Carole, muckdiving is muckdiving and also off topic, but if she would like
to say more on the book, I think this comment qualifies as a reason not to
wait till Sunday to add some factual material here.

Chris Reid





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