Museletter

After laying out some guidelines, such as "speak for yourself, one person at time, share the air," Andy prompted us to individually share when we first saw the Museletter, what it means to us, and how we see it evolving.

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In the first hour of being on Facebook (Saturday) 15 friends of the Museletter had signed on.

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As someone who has been directly involved with the Museletter since I moved to Floyd in

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The workshop was facilitated by Andy Morikawa of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley to discuss the future of the Museletter, the homespun community forum created for the purpose of sharing literary/artistic entertainment and ideas on self-reliance, growing and preserving food, holistic health, and home schooling by some of Floyd's back-to-the-land-settlers more than 25 years ago.

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Jayn talked about the Museletter as a writer's training ground and how she didn't start out thinking of herself as a writer, but having her writing published in the Museletter was instrumental in building her confidence to become one.

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The consensus was that the Museletter needed a Facebook page - perhaps a first step in the Museletter's online presence, because who knows where more visibility and interaction will lead?

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As I type this today (Sunday) 157 have joined the Museletter fan club.

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She said she appreciates that the Museletter features stuff that the local newspaper misses.

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Museletter collating coordinator, Virginia Neukirch, talked about the positive community interaction of the monthly stapling and labeling get-togethers that she does with individuals with disabilities and others in the community.

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A turning point for me was when Andy asked us to brainstorm a list of all forms of local media (print and online) and then asked "Which one is closest to what the Museletter provides?"

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