I am in full agreement with Julian- that is what I was trying to express in
my post yesterday but I think I was too aggravated to do it coherently.
It is possible to deal with all topics effectively right here, and I agree
that the unilateral action was inappropriate. That is my vote.
Jill
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> From: Julian and Jackie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Social List and GML
> Date: Sunday, July 30, 2000 7:48 AM
>
> I was away from my computer all day yesterday, and have a dead phone
> line as I write this so it may be a while before you see this.
>
> I am in a deep depression.
>
> I think a separate list is a terrible idea for the reasons I gave in my
> earlier e-mail.
>
> I would like to point out that the current charter does not prohibit any
> sort of social chatter, and I would not have made many of the friends I
> have made through the list if it did. What it does do is encourage
> people to behave in a certain way, which some people have failed to do.
> A social chat area will have a great number of posts concerning gerbils
> and their behaviour. As a veteran who is always interested in learning
> more about gerbils, I never forget that much of what I know has been
> gathered from studying how other's gerbils behave. My point is that
> serious discussion, and social discussion can not be totally divorced.
>
> Before the term GML is used in the name of another list, I would have
> thought it would have been a good idea to get some sort of democratic
> agreement as that is how things are usually done here. If it is thought
> by the majority that we should prohibit social chat here then I suggest
> that the first step should be to get the charter changed. Until it is
> changed, by the consent of the users of this list, then there is no need
> to go anywhere else.
>
> I would also like to suggest that rather than attempting to change the
> character of this list, a far more successful proposal might be to set
> up a separate list for asking questions to encourage quick response from
> experts.
>
> Right now I call on people not to move discussions elsewhere unless they
> are not applicable to the agree charter. If people want to encourage
> change of this list there are ways of doing it without taking unilateral
> action.
>
> Recently I spent a lot of time thinking about how we can make the GML
> serve our users better, and fragmenting the list without proper
> agreement is not one that had occurred to me.
>
> My bottom line is that I do not propose to subscribe to a further
> mailing list, and I encourage people to stay here.
>
>
>
> --
> Julian
>
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