Return-Path: Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu by po11.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id MAA02640; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:30:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (MANAWATU-MAIL-CENTRE.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.71]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA11972; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:29:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [131.142.9.103] (sedkg2.harvard.edu [131.142.9.103]) by manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA17728; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:29:08 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: siouxsie@siouxsie@hesiod Message-Id: Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:30:49 -0400 To: MITPSG , MITPSGrequest , psg-talk@mit.edu From: Kit Subject: Fall Events/Planning Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 27, 2002 I'm leading the gay life! 27 mis Est 2002 T=E1 m=E9 ag imeacht le haer an tsa= oil! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, it's that time of year again. Time for us to get the PSG wheels rolling again. Jarok and I met last week and have an overview of our ideas for fall scheduling. So that the MIT-PSG doesn't become the Kit and Jarok show, please join us in the planning and execution of PSG activities. We would like to have an opening social on Saturday, September 7th. We could have a picnic, or have some ice cream making. Two weeks later, on the 21st, we'd like to have an equinox/Mabon ritual. We would like to have Paganism 101 be two weeks after that, on October 5th. Samhain is on a Thursday this year. How does Saturday, October 26th (the Saturday before) sound for our annual ritual? Then, two weeks after that, another social -- most likely a movie night -- on Saturday, November 9th. As you see, we've arranged things so that socials generate momentum for events, and the energy of events leads to more socials. Our weekly Moon rituals will start up again with the next cycle of the moon on Sunday, September 8th. On a side note, we were wondering how to get more outreach with the MIT community. Are their questioning/exploring people for whom Pagan is too loaded a term, implying a commitment they aren't ready to make? Would having a separate name help? =46or example (and this name is only an example): Pantheon (the group for Pagans, those of alternative faiths, spiritual people, questioner, and those seeking their path) Now, the name needs work, and the blurb needs work (I'm not sure I like the term 'alternative faiths'). But the question is, would this attract more people of various paths who don't identify as Pagan? As opposed to being called 'the MIT Pagan Students' Group', where someone might see that and go, "Well, I don't identify as Pagan," or, "I'm a Heathen, not a Pagan," or, "I'm just exploring, really," etc. Please respond with your input/suggestions/ideas, but let's do it on psg-tal= k. If you want to be added to psg-talk, please use either blanche psg-talk -a $USER or email to mitpsg-request@mit.edu asking to be put onto psg-talk. Thanks for listening. We're going to have a wonderful year. ----- P.S. If anyone knows how I can configure Mac Eudora to send using outgoing.mit.edu at home using DSL, please let me know. I'm on a router at home as well. My Eudora settings work fine at work at Harvard (I was able to send this email, after all). But outgoing.mit.edu doesn't like me at home. The funny thing is, to send from home, I use Harvard's smtp server, and I'm not sure it should be letting me do that either. *heh* I know I've been able to send email from home before, so there's probably a setting off somewhere. I have Kerberos for the Mac which authenticates who I am. Thanks for any help on this. (-: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kit http://www.BlackIrish.net/Kit/ 617-905-5369 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic Music through Celtic Languages Project: http://www.BlackIrish.net/CMtCLP/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pa vez an avel er gevred e sav When the wind is in the southeast c'hoant c'hoari d'ar merc'hed. the girls get frisky. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Beers: http://www.silverlake-2000.com/sixbeers/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 1 -- Last Quarter August 8 -- Dark Moon August 15 -- First Quarter August 22 -- Full Moon August 30 -- Last Quarter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------