Re: [UUPoly-L] Poly Talk

[alan7388@comcast.net]

Pat,

Congratulations on the talk! 

> Actually, we've all been invited back to do another
> presentation for a FORUM in the fall, but this time
> they want to actually do it as a three person panel
> discussion.

Great! There's nothing like three or more in a poly group explaining it together to make skeptics grasp that this is for real. As a male, I'm pretty sensitive about people who assume that when you tell them about poly you're bullshitting, or deluding yourself, or making an excuse for being a rat, because "everybody knows" this is impossible.

When I brought a lone poly speaker to our church's pre-service Lyceum last year (who did damn fine! Thank you Val), I announced it on the local poly lists and asked others to show up. A few did -- I can't recall whether in a group or not -- and it helped the audience realize that this is for real.

We had a great turnout, by the way: 35 people showed up at 9:00 on a Sunday morning. (Though the usual church attendance is 150 to 200 at 10:00.)

Alan