[Magdalen] Magdalen archaeology and lore--FYI

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Marveling at the years that have gone by and glad to see people posting... it's late more soon! peace and love 
Lynn

On Aug 9, 2022, at 1:36 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, I don't remember deliberately leaving anywhere, but simply being
carried along to the Pub whenever that was.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 11:03, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> I think I stuck with Anglican at American.edu for the entire time, until we
> were kicked out by American.edu.  I noticed that that forum was diminished
> when so many dear friends departed, first for St. Bede's, then Magdalen.  I
> was thrilled when I finally made the transition, and found my "family"
> almost completely here!
> 
> Ann
> 
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 3:32 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>> 
>> 
>