I almost commented on facebook… To say something along the lines of… Some new members who joined fb and were championed by one of us the “old” zombies were able to fit in quite seamlessly (Clarissa partway thru the course, Shyam a while after it was over) – so I’m thinking… Between now and January (and whoever put that particular date? Just so we can change the number after rhizo? Because it is a free time between semesters for some ppl?) – what do we do with new signups? As I said to Vanessa on fb, maybe there should be something somewhere on p2pu that clearly states where the course/community is “happening” right now and what to expect. Meanwhile, I think you are free to do whatever you like with the “next” rhizo15 and I am pretty sure “we” will enjoy helping out, welcoming people in… But you’re right. The newbies will sense a zombie culture that might make them feel excluded (happened for me with edcmooc)… Buuuuut it might all be about making those things explicit and open to discussion, in the new run, rather than just discussing it amongst ourselves in the old run, which automatically “excludes” newbies from the discussion. Ummm