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

[Brad Haslett]

John,

In all due respect, I'm not stupid.  No one is more aware of my own
contribution to this issue than me.  That said, congratulations for
being the first to adopt the "Fairness Doctrine". So, Stan, the
builder of the boat who inspired the list, is perfectly happy with the
way things are, and he being an Enlightened Capitalist, is perfectly
patient to let the market "sort itself out", but you feel the need to
provide a "stimulus package".

Let's cut through all the crap here.  The same people who felt
perfectly comfortable calling Bush 43 "a stupid sumnabitch" are
suddenly offended by someone else calling their Savior a charlatan.
Rummy, I'm speaking to you and I know you're lurking offlist.

Fine, talk amongst yourselves about how long it takes for various
brands of bottom coat paint to dry.

Kill the spirit of the list if you must!  You won't kill mine, or
Stan's, or the admiration I have for the man and his wife who kept
building the same boat through good times and bad, this administration
or that one.

Why don't you just ask Stan what he wants.  He hasn't steered us wrong yet.

Brad

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:24 AM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>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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