<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000">Dear Subscribers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000">The purpose of my forwarding the Heather Cox Richardson essay yesterday was to help define the stakes for our Arts Scene, and Country, with the choice of candidates in the upcoming election.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000" dir="auto">The vast majority (around 10:1 ratio) of you that replied privately to me, or who posted to the list, were supportive of that. Some were not supportive and accused me of flaming, or found the post offensive or disgusting. Or, that it goes <font size="4" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">against the purpose of the list. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000" dir="auto"><font size="4" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000" dir="auto"><font size="4" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In the Neohiopal mission statement one of the stated purposes is "<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Manrope,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">to provide an easy way for performing artists to hear about goods, services and topics that may be of interest."  </em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Manrope,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">This topic certainly was "of interest" to artists.</span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Manrope,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Manrope,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"><a href="https://fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal-faqs-22/" target="_blank">NEOHIOPAL FAQS LINK. </a></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto"><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">All of you, of course, are entitled to your opinions and I respect that. That's why a sampling of a variety of points of view were approved and sent through. </font><br><br><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>It seems a good time to close down this topic so no more replies to the post about Heather Cox Richardson’s 10/21/2024 essay will be approved and sent.</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks for your participation in the Northeast Ohio Arts scene!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Warm Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">Fred Sternfeld</font></div><div><font size="4">Neohiopal Ltd. Owner and Administrator</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/" target="_blank">Theatre Director / Producer / Educator Website</a><br><a href="https://fredsternfeld.com/new-neohiopal-main-22/" target="_blank">Neohiopal Owner / Administrator Website</a><br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div>