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          filk etiquette

Hello - this is from Kim, Lea and Angel (obviously using Angel's account, Kim's computer, and Lea has been downloading all the previous discussion - true group effort here! :) )

Great topic - has needed some expansion for a while. Here are some of our thoughts:
1. John did a great job (as usual) of summing things up. 2. Kudos to Chuck and Maura for having the guts to be willing to run filk at an upcoming con.
3. Re: Julia's "rants" -

1. Every filk being a half Steve concert - this is because we keep requesting him to sing. (I'm especially guilty of saying "Steve sing me a song" many times during a filk. - Kim
2. As for wishing people would share the words - at Portland cons there are many of us who spend large chunks of filks with our notebooks in the hands of total strangers. As has been pointed out, there are very few comprehensive filk books anymore. Friends of Filk does have a copy machine so that people can start building their own books if they desire.
3. We vote for (in order of preference) bardic, poker chip, modified poker chip. We detest chaos unanimously - everybody else we've talked to hates chaos.
4. Signs on the doors would be useful - People READING the program books and/or signs on the doors would be even more useful.
5. Just a question - what's the difference between an online zine and what we're doing right now???
6. Maura, sweetheart, what happened to the rest of your post? - Lea :) reply
7. Should we get t-shirts or buttons that say "neo-filker friendly"? :)

Happy Filking!
Angel
Lea
Kim

P.S. JT will you please put me on the mailing list????

Man cannot live by chocolate alone -- but woman can. Angel Ridout aridout at teleport.com Received on 05/09/96