[Magdalen] Magdalen archaeology and lore--FYI

[Marion Thompson]

I have some memory of the Compass Rose Pub aka Magdalen in formation.  I
could be wrong, having been simply carried this way and that on the
currents of change. So long as everyone was still out there I don't think I
thought much about the hows and whys of it.  Which is absolutely not meant
to be ungrateful!  I have met wonderful people, some electronically and
some face to face, and I wouldn't trade that for the world.  My life has
been much richer for this group by whatever name since the earlier 90's.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 15:21, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bless all of these dear people
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 8:47 PM Brian Reid <brian at reid.org> wrote:
> >
> > In case anyone cares, some "where did Magdalen come from, and when?"
> > information.
> >
> > The Magdalen email community was created in April 2002 by Molly Wolf,
> > Gillian Barr, Mary Jane Anderson, and Jim Handsfield. It ran on a
> > dedicated server computer that was purchased by Molly Wolf. The server
> > was registered at Roger Stokes' home in England. All of the tech and
> > legal work was done by Brian Reid, but he was intentionally not part of
> > the Magdalen management because he couldn't be seen as taking sides in
> > the ongoing disputes about Anglican mailing list communities.
> >
> > The magdalen at herberthouse.org mailing list was launched on 8 April 2002
> > and announced on 10 April 2002. When Mary Jane died, Molly got drawn
> > into personal issues, and Gillian into professional issues (and then
> > seminary and ordination), Jim and Brian ran it. Mostly Jim. When Jim's
> > wife Marcy developed a terrible and terminal illness, Brian took it over
> > and has been the list administrator ever since. The server moved from
> > the care of Roger Stokes in England into Brian's data center space in
> > California once the chief antagonist died (no one except that person
> > really cared where the server was or who ran it).
> >
> > Many people contributed significant labor to Magdalen, especially Peter
> > Owen.  And maybe some folks I can't remember because they contributed
> > while I needed to be invisible (before our antagonist died).
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I am the originator of the term "pub" for it, but 2002
> > is a long time ago and my memory isn't what it used to be.
> >
>
>
> --
> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
> Leviticus 19:34
>