Over the years, this listserver has never had a problem with decorum. We have had no rules addressing decorum. I and the other administrators do have expectations for decorum in posted messages. Here are our expectations. Decorum: -Propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance. -The conventions of polite behavior. Messages posted to this listserver must have decorum. Decorum is maintained when messages address technical issues, or are complimentary of individual persons or groups of persons. Decorum is lost when a message denigrates a lack of technical understanding on the part of an individual or group of persons. Decorum is lost when a message denigrates professionalism, individuals, or specific groups of persons. Decorum must be maintained even in the face of provocation. In your reading of posted messages, please recognize that technical assertions in messages may not be technically correct, or may not be technically correct in the context perceived by any one subscriber. Correcting such assertions is an essential function of this listserver. Such corrections must address the technical issues, not the person who wrote the message. Each subscriber to this listserver must feel free to post a message without fear of being belittled in any way. Decorum is the means by which this is accomplished. Subscribers posting messages lacking in decorum will be cautioned. If you would like to discuss decorum further, please do so off-line and directly with me and the other administrators. If you feel a message violates these rules of decorum, please notify one of the list administrators. Best regards, Rich Richard Nute IEEE emc-pstc Administrator c/o Hewlett-Packard Company San Diego Tel: 1-858-655-3329 e-mail: ri...@ieee.org ps: I welcome the continuation of Mr. Woodgate's expert technical contributions. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.