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Re: [ga] Message from the Chair - List Rules



Excellent points here Ellen - it's a pleasure to have you on the team.

Regards
Joe

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Ellen Rony wrote:

> What a gross distortion of the point.
> 
> I prefer *not* to be treated like a child who cannot separate wheat from
> the chaff.
> 
> I prefer *not* to have someone else's opinion of what constitutes offending
> content imposed upon me for the purposes of a GA list.
> 
> I prefer *not* to have a general and open list run through an unseen filter
> in the means of a sergeant-at-arms.
> 
> I prefer *not* to accept the window dressing of GA openness through a
> proposal that establishes a read-only list for everything over the transom
> but allows interaction only on a selected portion that has survived the
> process of screening.
> 
> Accordingly, my next message will be to unsubscribe until such time as
> reason is restored to the DNSO GA and this list is open without filters as
> to content.
> 
> While i do, indeed, filter out the messages of those who have brought this
> issue to the fore and do not welcome their time-wasting behavior, I believe
> that right   should rest with each of us as individuals.  When some fair
> voting process is in place to determine whether this list should be
> structured as has been decreed, it will be interesting to examine whether
> the interim participation proved to be substantively more productive so as
> to justify such draconion measures.
> 
> 
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