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

[Ronald Lipton]

Thanks Michael and John,  I hope the new regime works out.  I am willing to
hang around a white
longer and see if the tone improves.

Ron

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM, michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>wrote:

> I am with john on this, I going away for new years will be back Friday
> night, " Save your long-winded complaints and howls of injustice.  They
> will
> be ignored. " is app here, it is going to take work on both our parts to
> set
> the up, what I find funny is everyone is pushing "that they are still
> right".......
>
> -mjm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of John Lock
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:24 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] a new world is coming to the rhodes22 list
>
> 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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