I agree with what you say below but must stick to what I posted earlier. I feel it is in the best interest of the OBC to include all in the OBC mail list. To exclude non members is to isolate the club from the cycling community at large. Is it not better to see where attacks are coming from and to have the ability to respond to them? Bob, you state that "It does not restrict non-members
from posting through the list moderator." This is censorship plain and simple. I understand that the club has proprietary rights to their domain but question the effectiveness of this action. I think it will put you in greater danger, than less, from those that want to harm the club's direction, steered by the directorship.
Tim Aubin,
Member.
From: Bob Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [obc] ! New rules for OBC mailing list !
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:09:41 -0400
I'm a board member and I supported the motion to restrict postings to the mailing list.
I admit I (and other board members) had lots of reservations about this action. But it seemed to me
at the time that some of the acrimony that seems to charge the atmosphere of the club these days has
originated on the mailing list. Certainly some of it has arisen between identifiable club members.
Some too has come from unidentified sources, and some requests for action by the board come from
unidentifiable sources. It's true that these can be quickly deleted but I thought at the time of
the vote that it was worth at least a trial period to see if this restriction would do anything to
calm what seems to be a growing spirit of animosity.
Note that it only restricts automatic postings by non-members; it does not (as I understand it)
restrict the ability to read or subscribe to the list by anyone. It does not restrict non-members
from posting through the list moderator.
We as a volunteer board have to manage a corporation with a $250,000 annual budget and a lot of
activities. Sometimes we may make unwise decisions.
But to suggest that the members of the board are mean-spirited is a bit of a stretch. Look at the
activities we put on.
All the club activities are open to the cycling community at large and take a fair bit of planning
and effort to execute. I'm happy to have an opportunity to contribute to a community which is a big
part of my life. To some extent, a small part of the satisfaction is the control I have over the
nature of the events I organize but I like to think that most of the reward is from the enjoyment we
all have from participating in the events themselves.
I share the concern of most of the criticism I've read here about our decision to restrict access to
the mailing list. But the complaint that the OBC is no fun is just not so.
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