<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763">Well said, Daniel. Welcome observations. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763">Happy springtime to all gardeners.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keep busy thinking!</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Plamen</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 5:36 PM Daniel Boyd <<a href="mailto:daniel.boyd@live.nl">daniel.boyd@live.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">That which is of greatest value we may take for granted; and taking it for granted we risk losing it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For long time members this discussion group could risk falling into this category, possibly sometimes even feel like a chore. Some are certainly more active than others. While still a wide eyed newcomer, I feel the urge to make a statement.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In recent years I have entered and left a number of online science fora which had fallen prey to the social media diseases of echo chambers and mud slinging. Browsing the FIS archives, I see neither. It is not that everybody is in agreement
and simply patting each other’s backs: anything but. Views are sometimes diametrically opposed. However, the interactions are respectful, allowing differences to interact constructively rather than leading to entrenchment and conflict. I see here an example
of the potential held in the birth of the internet that all too often went astray.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If I may be permitted to wax lyrical for a moment: FIS is not gold dust. It doesn't shine prettily like more trendy online fora. More significantly: gold may be valuable, but it is inert. FIS is the organic soil of a garden which, if tended
well, may nurture unforeseen growth and development. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My call? Never forget the value of this garden, don't forget to bring your watering can, once in a while and... why not bring along your friends?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy gardening <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
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