and Planet Thrive

[Guest guest]

Let me explain my perspective:

Let me start with a little history.

I run Lyme Aid at / and a

handful of (or more) members were trying the Buhner protocol. Those members

wanted a place where they could specifically discuss Buhner's book and

treatment ideas. I was asked about starting a new group and through

discussions with some of those wanting the new group I decided to volunteer

to start and administer the new group myself.

I named this group Lyme Aid Buhner because I liked the idea that is would

fall under the Lyme Aid umbrella. This, I think, tells folks that this list

will function very similarly to Lyme Aid and is also administered by the

same person. (I have a few other lists using the Lyme Aid name including

and Lyme Aid Singles.) This list was created on August 3,

2006.

Lyme Aid Buhner is designed to allow individuals to communicate with each

other. It is primarily a support group. It is user supported and user

dominated. This means that I do not push topics or the direction of the

list. The members will decide what to discuss and when. The members are

responsible for moving discussions forward and for keeping the list " alive " .

I see myself as an individual who will help with all the technical aspects

of running the list, but I'm not going to actively participate in the

discussions. I'm not shunning the list! I have simply chosen to dedicate

much of my time to pursuits other than group discussions.

Planet Thrive is a website with a much larger focus. I am not a member (the

old subscription service was a definite turn off) so I can only offer my

outside observations. Planet Thrive's mission (

http://www.planetthrive.com/cgi-bin/members/globaltemplate.cgi?id=8 ) is

much larger than Lyme Aid Buhner's. LAB is about discussing the Buhner

protocol and Lyme disease while Planet Thrive is about creating a much

larger global group with a variety of goals. LAB is a simple list serve

while Planet Thrive encourages communication through " health profiles,

healing circles, email, calendars " and much more.

Because there is such a difference between the two groups I see Planet

Thrive as a resource for Lyme Aid Buhner. With the membership at Planet

Thrive now being free it's a place each of can join and use to search for

specific information or gather new information from Mr Buhner. In the same

way we discuss Buhner's book here we can also discuss Buhner's column at

Planet Thrive. And maybe Lyme Aid Buhner can be a resource for Planet

Thrive if they have members who want to discuss Buhner's treatment ideas but

not the other goals that Planet Thrive promotes.

With such drastically different goals and web resources these two groups can

work together to support each other. Which is exactly what I think we have

been doing from the beginning. =)

Robynn

-owner