Dear Goanetters, There have been emails from a handful of people seeking to cast aspersions on Goanet moderation. As chair of Goanet I would like to address the specific issues that have been raised.
First off, Id like to remind you that Goanet's Rules are published on Goanet's website at www.goanet.org and are published here on the mailing list from time to time. Goanets Rules have evolved over many years to take into account the proper etiquette in participating in public forums and the needs of our members. Wed like to see Goanets discussions be of high quality. Id like to remind you, too, that Goanet's moderators do a thankless job and deserve full recognition for their services. They are volunteers who spend many hours of their valuable time offering their services to the community. The majority of them have been doing this for years and their efforts are deeply appreciated. Weve built our team of moderators to be as impartial as possible. Our team is comprised of individuals of different ages, genders and on different continents. And, like I said before, many of them have a wealth of experience in moderating Goanet. The issues: We endeavor to provide an explanation for every message we reject and we save a copy of the rejected post for a period of time. Those of you who state that your messages are being rejected without an explanation are habitual violators of Goanet's Rules and the moderators have afforded you more than you fair share of explanations, which you have chosen to ignore. Given the limited number of volunteers and our work load we cannot possibly point out the same violations time after time. Many of you have been informed of this. If a message is rejected, please follow the instructions in the rejection message and repost your message. Alternatively, if you have any concerns please bring them to the attention of the Goanet Admin team. Conducting witch-hunts to identify moderators who reject posts and lambasting them publicly is unfair and uncalled for. While moderators are encouraged to add their names to rejection notices, it is not a requirement, and it is not surprising that some of our moderators wish to remain anonymous for this very reason. This unsavory culture of singling out moderators and attacking them on the public forum is unacceptable and we will not allow it. Such matters will be dealt with internally. So dont be surprised if your messages are rejected on this account. If you have a problem with moderation contact the admin team or myself and well sort things out. Our decisions will be final on the matter. I know that I havent addressed every issue thats come up in this thread but well address the issues internally. We encourage you to send across constructive criticism and by all means contact us if you have problems. Well do our best to sort out the issues. We cant always please everyone, but well try our best. Thank you. Yours sincerely, -- Herman HERMAN CARNEIRO Chair Goanet Admin Team Goanet-admin at goanet.org www.goanet.org