Re: [ga-rules] Bounced Messages & Other List Administration

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Alternate,

Bounced messages should not be reposted.

If they are not going to take the time to join the list and
participate in the discussions, or take the time to post to the
correct address (neither of which are too hard to do) then their
messages should be bounced back to them for them to take corrective
action.

This is all part of taking PERSONAL responsibility for one's own
participation.

Perhaps your better response would have been to correspond with those
people whose messages bounced and ask them if they need assistance to
get on the list, and repost their own messages (or not as they see
fit).


Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 7:56:40 AM, Alternate Chair wrote:

> All

> The GA-ROOTS list has received more postings that any of the other special
> purpose lists.  As well the debate has been vigorous and informed.  Other
> lists are starting to pick up and become relevant.

> Unfortunately one or two people have posted material relating to ROOTS
> elsewhere.  One person, for example, has posted to owner-ga-roots@dnso.org
> instead of ga-roots@dnso.org.   I have received this mail along with bounced
> posts such as submissions by non-members.

> I have reposted three non-member submissions.  I thought some were
> subscribed and the cause for the error needs to be investigated.  As far as
> I can tell, there is no set procedure and I could check their subscriptions
> or write to them privately or onlist.  Any corrective action takes time and
> effort.  It is also useful to post ICANN Announcements or even posts from
> other lists.

> There are therefore three types of postings I might make (1) my own views on
> a subject of interest (2) reposts and corrections (3) GA announcements.
> Trying to perform these tasks could easily lead me to exceed my personal
> daily posting limit.  This would be a valid but unworthy cause for concern.

> Of course, I could easily just ignore mis-postings, filter bounced messages
> and not re-post ICANN Announcements or other relevant emails.  I see that as
> bowing to form rather than substance.  A better solution is to refer
> complaints of excess postings to the List Monitors who can make an impartial
> assessment.  Pity that this just adds to their already large burden.

> Another alternative is to make arrangements to pass this work to the DNSO
> Secretariat.

> Clearly, list administration is a necessary function.  Personally, I would
> prefer to spend more time on substantive issues relating to ICANN policy.
> In fact, it is easy to forget that even intelligent people disagree or just
> get things wrong.

> I'd therefore ask everyone to assist with the list housekeeping by (a)
> making sure you are subscribed before posting (b) using the right "to" and
> "from" addresses and (c) posting to the most relevant mailing list.  I would
> particularly suggest that you do not simply blindly follow the previous
> person -- it should be easy to tell ROOTS from RULES etc.

> I'd appreciate any constructive comments.  Should this be considered an
> official post.
> And if so, should it be excluded from my daily limit of five posts?

> Thank you for your time
> Patrick Corliss
> Alternate Chair



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