[Sosfbay-discuss] Developing E-list Guidelines
JamBoi
jamboi at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 10 12:10:50 PST 2007
More like one of the three fleet admirals walks on deck to help the
Captain deal with a mutinous (almost entirely otherwise inactive) crew
member (Roy) who is trying to stir up shit nd spreading them among the
crew about #1 complaining about the Captain's rules and #2 by making up
lies about a non-Crew member supposedly wronged by the Admiral a
Impeach for Peace!
Drew
--- Duende <egroups at duendevision.com> wrote:
> So captain. Two things
>
>
> 1: One of the crew was impersonating an officer and told another they
> better behave or walk the plank. Would you have had them walk the
> plank ?
> 2: Do you do divorces :-)
>
> Peace
>
> Duende
>
> _______________________________________________
> "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from
> mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not
> thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and
> courageously uses his intelligence."
>
> Albert Einstein
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
>
> >
> > The owner of an electronic mailing list has the authority
> > of a pilot or a ship's captain over his vessel.
> > If any of you want to get married, contact me off list
> > but you'll have to do your vows here.
> >
> > Ultimately the subscribers have final authority, because
> > they can leave for a more useful list.
> >
> > But for those of you who want more rules than have yet been
> > stated, here they are.
> >
> > 1. Don't be a jerk.
> >
> > 2. This mailing list is for discussing tactics, strategy,
> > and business of the Green Party of Santa Clara County.
> > That's to be taken broadly: it includes events and action
> > of groups we act in coalition with, candidates we might
> > endorse and their competitors, business in our region
> > or state or planet that might affect us.
> >
> > 3. Subscribers are expected to have read and understood
> > the famous essay "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions
> > on Netiquette." It's about Usenet but just about all of
> > it applies to email lists, web-forums, and similar things
> > that haven't been invented yet. If you haven't read it,
> > google "emily postnews." If you don't know who Emily Post
> > was, the Wikipedia article is enough.
> >
> > "**NOTE: [Emily Postnews] is intended to be satirical.
> > If you do not recognize it as such, consult a doctor
> > or professional comedian. The recommendations in [that]
> > article should recognized for what
> > they are -- admonitions about what NOT to do."
> >
> > 4. Email messages are expected to be of as much value
> > to the recipient as to the sender. That's why there's
> > no postage. Every message to a mailing list that isn't
> > what the subscribers signed up for encourages people to
> > leave, even this one. Before you post, look your message
> > over. Is it really worth sixty progressive activists'
> > valuable time? Remember that's at least half an hour
> > of activism that isn't going to happen. Consider replying
> > off list instead. Your message might be the very first
> > thing a newcomer reads, so behave.
> >
> > 5. No insults. No impugning people's motives.
> > Remember you can't read people's minds, so don't talk
> > about what other people are thinking. Sarcasm is hardly
> > ever appropriate. Give people the benefit of the doubt.
> > No personal back-and-forth. You're addressing the
> > group, not the person who wrote the message that made
> > you hit "Reply." No trolling. No posting by non-
> > subscribers, excepting honored alumnis. No posting
> > in anger. This isn't a shouting contest.
> > No generalizing about people's behavior. Saying "you
> > always do that" or "that's typical of you" is out of line.
> > No posting the same thing over and over.
> > No attachments; that's why your Internet access comes
> > with web server space.
> >
> > 6. This mailing list is open to anybody interested in
> > its topic. The question of whether there should be
> > a Green Party or we should go reform the Dems from
> > the inside instead is way off topic and any Democrats who
> > subscribe to disrupt the list with that kind of trolling
> > will be immediately unsubscribed and banned from more
> > servers than they might have imagined. That's how we
> > deal with people who shouldn't be on the list.
> > Expect Democrats to subscribe to find out how we work,
> > and try to impress them.
> >
> > 7. The archive of this list is public and you should assume
> > it is carefully analyzed by the FBI and the state
> > Democratic Club every day. However, anything you post
> > is automatically copyright by you unless you disclaim it.
> > So if the New York Times runs your message as an Op-Ed
> > without your permission you can sue them.
> > The IT Subcommittee reserves the right to edit or remove
> > your message from our archive at our whim. (We do that
> > when someone wants their phone number hidden, for example.)
> > If you want to be able to prove we edited it, sign your
> > message body with GNU Privacy Guard. If you want a
> > copy to survive, keep a copy.
> >
> > 8. The American Sign Language gesture for "applause"
> >
> (http://www.dictionaryofsign.com/main.php?g2_itemId=7285&g2_myThumb=)
> > may be referred to as "twinkle" but it makes more
> > sense to write it as "applause."
> >
> > 9. No niggling about the rules. No niggling about
> > niggling, either. Loopholes are unintentional.
> > You know what I meant. No backseat driving.
> >
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> >
> >
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Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
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