Re: [ga] [ADMIN] Suspension of Eric Dierker and William Walsh

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Harald and allremaining assembly members,

  Thank you Harald for this reminder and the action taken.

Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> The list monitor has received a number of complaints about list behaviour
> over the last few days.
> In general, they are concerned with William Walsh's attacks on Joop
> Ternstra over IDNO, Joop Ternstra's attacks on William Walsh, Eric
> Dierker's postings on all and sundry, Andy Gardner's posting of private
> email, and Jeff Williams' complaints about the attacks.
>
> The list monitor wishes to remind the members of the language of the list
> rules:
>
>     - The messages must be relevant to the business of the GA
>     - The messages must observe a minimum of decorum, including:
>          1.Not indulging in personal attacks, insults or slander
>          2.Not using offensive language
>
> The two bullets are given as examples of "a minimum of decorum", and are
> not an exhaustive description of "decorum".
>
> It should be quite clear by now that decorum is not the operative term for
> the current debate. In particular, I point out:
>
> Eric Dierker:
>
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc06/msg00322.html
>
> William Walsh:
>
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc06/msg00316.html
>
> Andy Garner:
>
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc06/msg00270.html
> (reposting of abusive material, personal attack in commentary)
>
> I am particularly saddened by the fact that William Walsh seems to have
> considered the lifting of his earlier suspension not as a warning against
> his activities, but as a carte blanche to post any kind of attack on Joop's
> behaviour in the IDNO that he considers relevant to the IDNO/GA debate, as
> long as no single word of his many postings can be considered abusive in
> and of itself.
>
> This is neither observing decorum nor a constructive approach to getting
> work done in the GA.
>
> The list monitor, believing that this is the minimum action required,
> therefore hereby suspends the posting rights of William Walsh and Eric
> Dierker for 2 weeks from today.
> Joop Ternstra and Andy Gardner in particular are warned that continuing the
> debate in the current style is not consistent with decorum, and that
> continuing the debate about interpretations of the history of the IDNO is
> inconsistent with relevance to the GA.
>
> The suspensions will end on February 26.
>
> --
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand, alvestrand@cisco.com
> +47 41 44 29 94
> Personal email: Harald@Alvestrand.no
>
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Regards,

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