The only exception to this, is the sharing of messages with other practitioners of Professor's 37 posture form who do not have email. Usually, this will consist of fellow classmates or students. The importance of this rule can not be stressed enough. In the past, we have had several message leak out to other lists and news groups. This has had a chilling effect on the group.
Many subscribers only feel comfortable when sharing their thoughts to a closed list of people.
If people feel that their messages are being re-distributed they will simply quit posting. This deprives the list from its only source of information, and means that wisdom learned from thousands of practice-hours will be lost by the group. Messages posted to the list should NOT be quoted elsewhere. The only exception to this, is if the original author gives his or her consent. In this case, it is essential that all references to the T'ai Chi Talk list, including the email address, be removed from the quote.