Ed, Aha! I see the light! :-) And, obviously, I cannot answer your questions with any authority. And I will let Darren speak for himself, if he catches this post.
Sorry for the confusion on my part. Can I claim a bit of mental deficiency due to brain rot while my heart was on the bypass machine? <grin> Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Advertising on IBM-MAIN --snippage-- My questions are *far* more general in nature. Rather than focus on one post or one person, I'm trying to ascertain what's now considered appropriate material for IBM-MAIN in the absence of the strong (and sometimes dictatorial) leadership provided by Darren Evans-Young. I have asked what I thought were simple questions. But, nobody seems capable of providing the answers. (You just keep focusing on Tim Sipples. I don't even read his posts. But, I do read yours -- which is how I got into this discussion in the first place. So please try to take a step back and look at the bigger picture here.) Are there guidelines for use of IBM-MAIN? A charter? Canons of Conduct? I haven't found anything specific. Yet, it seems that somehow 5,000+ subscribers knew that Darren was the focal point for sanctioning job postings and announcement material. He even personally forwarded Candle Omegamon product announcements to the list in 2002. For example: http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0210&L=ibm-main-archives&P=R104091&I =1&X=- This generates even more questions. How did people come to consider Darren the final authority on the acceptability of material posted to IBM-MAIN? Perhaps the "regulars" knew through constant contact with the list. But, how did occasional readers or people new to the list know? Has IBM-MAIN ever been a moderated list? (Not that I recall. AFAIK, once something is posted, it can't be un-posted.) What's to stop someone from posting pornography? In http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0107&L=IBM-MAIN-ARCHIVES&P=R97246 (July 2001) Darren says: |I have tried to let the list run itself, but obviously this is not |working. I'm working on putting together the list rules. You will |be receiving warnings from me for violating those rules. Repeated |violations will result in being set to REVIEW or unsubscribed. I've looked. But, I can't find where Darren ever communicated his "list of rules" to the IBM-MAIN participants. Has anyone ever seen these rules? What sorts of things to they cover? Without Darren's oversight, what will the future hold? Will IBM-MAIN just be in "free fall" from this point forward? Or, will a new moderator / list-owner take over? Inquiring minds want to know... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
