Sean: Well said. IMHO the Club would be doing itself and the cycling community in Ottawa a disfavour by going ahead with these new rules. As a club, we should be reaching out to the cycling community and in doing so provide an open forum where people can discuss issues of interest. Knowing that somehow there is a filter and potential for censorship diminishes the sense of openness and creates distrust and disharmony in our community of cyclists.
We all appreciate the fact that the level of debate on this forum has been sometimes pretty bad. As well, I suspect that anybody who has been on Board has at one time or another taken a lot of needless abuse. Being on the Board is probably a thankless task. As users of this list we should all do our part to make sure that the information passed here is relevant and considerate of our fellow club members and other list users, irrespective of the views they might hold. During the past week I was reminded of a lecture during my university days about the introduction of the Gutenburg press and how this new means of distributing information posed a major challenge to the then established order. No doubt the issues raised here over the last week are being faced by probably every other major volunteer organization in the country. As a community of cyclist, let's rise to the challenge. When cycling we try to keep our wheels out of the gutter, let's do the same here with how we treat each other. That's my 2 cents. BTW Sean, how is the new carbon fibre Trek? Greg Crevier OBC member "Sean R. Crowe" wrote: > Dear OBC board, > > I agree completely with Barbara's opinion on this issue. I consider it an > insult to my intelligence to imply that I cannot make my own critical > judgements on the summisions to this list. It's what we have to do every day > in today's world. If some information is irrelevant to me or an opinion is > not intelligently and objectively expressed (which I can determine pretty > quickly), then I am perfectly capable of ignoring and deleting it. Otherwise > I'll give it due consideration and make my own judgement (whether the source > is a member or a non-member).. > > I have found this list a very useful source of information over the years > despite the necessary 'pruning'. I would miss it but I would not accept a > censored list. Please reconsider your decision. > > Sean R. Crowe, OBC member > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilson, Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "OBC cycling group (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:05 AM > Subject: [obc] New rules for OBC mailing list > > > I agree that the OBC list should be kept open to all, the only > restrictions > > being that everyone follow the rules and policies set out by the list > > manager. If a member or non-member contributor repeatedly abuses his/her > > privileges, then send a warning to that individual to abide by the > standards > > or risk being removed. We have in the past cancelled memberships of > members > > who have "not toed the line", so it should be the same for our email > > discussion group. > > I always thought our club represented the cycling community so we should > > welcome open discussions on subjects of interest to all cyclists and not > > just keep the goings on within the club membership a closed secret. > > Perhaps the membership should be asked to vote on this issue at the AGM > next > > Wed. rather than have the Board decide for us. > > > > My $$'s worth > > > > Barbara Wilson, member since 1985 or thereabouts > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 > > Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb > > Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 > Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb > Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
