[html4all.org] actors on the public stage

[Gregory J. Rosmaita]

i don't know if, and if not, why not, this didn't get sent (or maybe 
it did) -- so, i'm (re?) sending it to the list just because i can...


aloha, jason!

i heartily concur with your ground rules -- here are some attempts
at shaping list behavior that i've had to impose on the lists i 
maintain:

VICUG-L Statement of Purpose:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/manifesto.html

Basic Ground Rules for VICUG-L:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/vicug-l.html

and here is my attempt to put out a brush fire that was sparked 
by one subscriber complaining about overseas help desk personnel's 
command of english, which, naturally, rubbed some of our members 
of sub-continental origin to threaten to unsubscribe:

Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:36:13 -0400
From: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus at hicom.net>
Reply-to: owner-vic-nyc at columbia.edu
To: vic-nyc at columbia.edu
Subject: VICUG-NYC VIC-NYC's basic rules of conduct (a reminder from the
listowner)
 
i've been trying to post this to the list for about 24 hours now, but
unless i mutilate one word in the following quotation, the list software
will treat this as yet another attempt to send an administrative command

Pratik Patel <pratikp1 at gmail.com> wrote, quote:
I'm sorry but I did not resubscribe to this list just to continuously hear
disdain for everyone and everything.  Someone please tell me if this is a
pattern and I will unsubscribe.
unquote

not under my watch -- i am still listowner, after all -- and i am
loathe to lose ANY subscribers, so please read the following carefully:

if you think that something you are about to post is inflammatory, or if
you have second thoughts about the way in which you expressed yourself,
then you probably should NOT press the send button...

VIC-NYC is a collaborative effort, and it will only serve its function --
as a means of enabling individual members to inquire about specific issues
or to notify group members about important events, new germane websites,
and the like -- will ONLY work if we all take a deep breath and re-read
what we are about to post...

i'm not going to castigate anyone on list, but i am giving the list fair
warning that big brother is watching...  it is NOT my intent to stifle
free speech or the free exchange of ideas, but it is YOUR responsibility,
as part of the VICUG NYC community, to act within the norms of civility;
emailing lists are public and permanent (there are copies of posts
archived all around the web), so please follow this simple rule: do NOT
type anything in a post that you wouldn't say to the person whom you are
addressing in person or in a public forum, which is what VIC-NYC is.

thank you all for continuing to participate in VICUG NYC through the
VIC-NYC web site -- if we cannot find a reliable meeting place, i have
some very ambitious plans for making vicug.org (a domain the group
owns) a much more interactive resource and networking tool -- a virtual
VICUG for those who cannot attend meetings in person (which, right now,
includes ALL of us)

your friendly listmaster and webmonster,
gregory.

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             Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus at hicom.net
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