[Rhodes22-list] a new world is coming to the rhodes22 list

[John Lock]

With respect to Michael and his Blackberry-speak, let me summarize 
what we are thinking -

1) Posting of "mean spirited" personal attacks, verbal abuse, and 
other egregious behavior (at our discretion) will no longer be 
tolerated.  You want to talk politics and exchange views?  Go ahead, 
but when you start back-biting and rolling around in the dirt you 
will enjoy a little vacation from the list.

2) Neither Michael nor I wants to be in this position, but we're 
forced into it.  In the long run I am researching some ways to let 
the list supervise itself.  That is - miscreants can be nominated for 
a "time out".  If a large enough percentage the of membership agrees 
the suspension will be automatic.  Simply click your vote and watch 
the results.  (Simplified version... more research is required).

3) I will be researching installation of wiki software to capture 
some of the collective knowledge of the group in a form that's more 
useful than the e-mail archives.  However, the content will come for 
you, the members of this list.  The main reason a wiki fails is that 
people expect it to be magically populated with all the information 
they seek.  Doesn't work that way.  I'm going to try to develop some 
migration tools to get it started, but in the end it is a product of 
a (very large) group effort.

4) Save your long-winded complaints and howls of injustice.  They 
will be ignored.

And as always... Cheers!

John Lock



>He is the working idea.
>
>1)      Is the problem is not so much the off subject post, as long as the
>are entertaining there is no real issue, funny, informative, nice..
>
>2)      The problem is the people using "mean sprite" , pounding on people,
>people on ego trips that they must change the world by changing the view of
>the members, being a PITA
>
>
>
>To that end.
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>1)      in the short: people using "mean sprite" , pounding on people,
>people on ego trips that they must change the world by changing the view of
>the members. Can and will be suspended buy me and john at our whim, using
>current tools. Willing to listen to some group feedback but really  the
>right to suspend and remove PITA's
>
>2)      in the long term both me and john no not have the time for this.
>Thinking along the lines of a "trusted" group of people can numerated a
>poster for suspend/remove/band that a larger group of list members can vote
>on(the jury, maybe post #/length of time on the list weighted). Web based
>system. Me and john then become the "apples board. The real question in most
>cases would be are you a PITA and worth it
>
>3)      there is a question about a wiki(ben), we tried it once but let's
>try again, it could have broad applies
>
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