I agree that it is nice to be informed, however when the information comes
with negative tones and sometimes is not factual it causes discontent among
the members. Especially when the leadership of the organization is
presenting the informaton.
As elected members of the advisory board, Jan and Tim have accepted the
responsibility to serve as a good example of the guidelines and standards of
The USGenWeb Project.
Debie, as list administrator, Tina does have the right to monitor all posts
and determines the guidelines for the list. She also has the right to
intervene to resolve problems or disputes that are detrimental to the list.
(
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/listadmins/duties.html) If she feels
something is going the wrong direction, she has the responsibility to do
something about it.
Perhaps a warning could have come first, perhaps it did and we just didn't
hear it.
Moderation does not mean they cannot post to the list. It means that the
list administrator gets the post first before it is posted to the list.
As a member of the BRC I personally take offense at Tim's statement
reagrding the intentions of BRC. He was not an active participant in any of
the discussions of the BRC and therefore has no authority to speak as if he
knows what the intent is. Because he is an AB member he has presumed
authority and people will accept his statements as fact without really
understanding that he has no basis for his statements.
How can the membership here make a sound judgement for themselves if the
information they are receiving is spoken without fact?
Ellen-
From: "Shari Milks" <2skeeter(a)charter.net>
Reply-To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Moderated members
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:52:50 -0700
I back Deb up on this. Freedom of speech is first and foremost. A person
should be allow to speak what they think and that includes making other
people aware of what's going on so they can look into it and judge for
themselves what happened.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debie + Joe" <sebring(a)excel.net>
To: <WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Moderated members
> Tina,
>
> I have read the note that seems to be from both Tim and Jan. I guess I
> missed why they are being moderated. Can I ask what happened to freedom
of
> speech? If the people he is talking about aren't subbed to the list,
then
> how do they know they are being brought up in an e-mail? I guess, you
can
> moderate me as well now if you feel the need. I believe that freedom of
> speech should be as it is, freedom. Actually you are not the owner of
this
> mailing list, your just the caretaker of it. Did they receive a warning
> that if this didn't stop they would be moderated or was this just done
> because they are Representatives? Are you aware they can complain to
> Rootsweb about being moderated and you would have to prove they did
> something against the rules of mailing lists, which is usually
containing
> swearing or threats.
>
> I just think this whole thing is getting way out of hand here and that
> everyone should have the right to speak their piece as long as it isn't
> swearing or threatening,
>
> My 2 cents worth,
>
> Debie Blindauer
>
> Calumet & Sheboygan Counties
>
>
>
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