[ga] Motion to the Chair

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Joops motion, and his comments regarding ostracism, essentially express the 
sentiment that something is so seriously wrong with our GA list that we must 
immediately act to correct the problem.     

I took it upon myself to tabulate the comments posted to our list in the last 
month.  From June 8 to July 8 there were 1021 posts to the main GA list by 62 
individuals.   Six people accounted for half of all the posts.   

Looking at the archives on a day-by-day basis, I merely totalled the number 
of posts per person on each day (as listed in the archives) and noted that 
all of these six individuals exceeded the daily posting limit on several 
occasions.  

8 violations -- 130 posts total -- Jeff Williams -- daily posts on days of 
violation -- (9,6,6,7,6,6,7,10) 
7 violations -- 102 posts total -- William Walsh --  daily posts on days of 
violation -- (6,6,6,7,6,6,7)  
4 violations --  92 posts total -- Eric Dierker -- daily posts on days of 
violation -- (7,8,10,6)
4 violations --  69 posts total -- Jim Fleming -- daily posts on days of 
violation -- (7,8,7,13)
3 violations --  60 posts total -- Patrick Corliss -- daily posts on days of 
violation -- (8,7,8)
2 violations --  66 posts total -- Jefsey Morfin -- daily posts on days of 
violation -- (8,6)

It is also reasonable to assume that a great many of the complaints forwarded 
to ga-abuse concern individuals who post prolificly.   If this is the case, 
then it further becomes reasonable to conclude that excessive postings are a 
major part of our problem with this list.

Let us consider what our list would have been like if these individuals were 
on holiday during the last month.  We would have received 502 posts from 56 
people spread over 31 days (an average of one post per individual about every 
3-4 days).

I have come to the conclusion that the needs of this Assembly might best be 
served by further restricting the number of allowable daily postings in order 
to cut down on the "noise".   Perhaps a maximum of two posts per day per list 
would be sensible, if vigorously enforced by our list monitors.  

It is quite evident that we have a problem.  I would appreciate your comments 
on this possible solution.



 
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