More correspondence

Sent 12/19/09

Dear Robert,

Thank you for your prompt, considerate reply to my email.

Imagine my surprise, upon logging on to the AAD site on 12/17/09 to find a link to a new “Dear Crafty” letter and discover there, posted, your entire reply to me. Silly me, I assumed that our correspondence was private, between student and teacher, maybe even between friends. But your reply did not imply your intentions to post this, nor did you inquire if this would be acceptable to me.

Actually, I am both glad and relieved that your reply was posted. Even though my perspectives did not personally resonate with you, I believe it is healthy to acknowledge some other viewpoint. As I said in my letter, there are enough Lemmings in this world.

Now in the spirit of fairness and balance, I want to ask your permission to post my original letter to you, in it’s entirety. I believe some of my quotes were taken out of context, and you left out specific things that could change the impression a reader might take away from this. If this is acceptable to you, I can post my letter on my Blog and on Facebook.

I await your reply with gratitude and excitement.

Sincerely, with best wishes,

Alan

recieved 12/20/09

dear alan,

you have my permission to post your letter in its entirety, in any forum you see to be appropriate.

your letter to me was private: no reference to the poster's name was made, neither did i mention it to anyone in GC. your comment at the final meeting, of disappointment, i left out; to avoid anyone in that meeting directly connecting the Dear Crafty to alan.

where a Crafty's letter to me includes points of wider / general relevance to GC & Crafties (in my view) and perhaps have been brought up in other Crafty correspondence, privacy being honoured, on occasion relevant comments / replies appear in the DGM Diary & the GC site. i felt your comments (to acknowledge some other viewpoint) might resonate with others.

if the letter can be linked directly to its author, as with yours, then i might omit / edit some of it.

please, be as open & public as you feel to be right.

sincerely, r.