I wanted to step forward and state the following: I am in the unenviable position of being both an active participant of this list, and the present owner and chief administrator of the server which hosts it.
In general, when it comes to this group, I aim to strictly avoid unilateral action on my part. My preferred method of operation is to take action only if there is a strong and persistent consensus to do so. Yesterday, I took the unusual -- indeed, I believe unprecedented for this group -- step of making a Policy Decision without prior conference. I did so because I judged that certain discussions put myself and this group at real legal risk. All arguments aside, legal battles are something I wish to avoid. I stand by that decision. Once transfer of ownership of the server to GNHLUG is complete, should the GNHLUG Board or the plurality of list members desire it, I will gladly step aside and let this become somebody else's problem. Going forward, unless I explicitly state otherwise, anything I post to this list should be considered my personal opinion. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of GNHLUG or any other person or organization. So unless I say so, it's just me being my normal loud-mouthed, opinionated self, not Official Policy. Now. The remainder of this message *is* Official Policy, until and unless a future decision countermands it: This system may not be used to facilitate any activity which is considered illegal under US or NH law. That's straight from the newly-updated (but long existing) Terms of Service. Use of this system is subject to all of them, not just that one. You should read them: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/LegalNotice Regards, Ben Scott GNHLUG Systems Janitor _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/