On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:26:43 -0700, Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 19:06 +0000, Jason Holt wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:44:41 -0600 > > From: Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > Subject: Kick-banned / last request > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 11:13:39AM -0700, Erin Sharmahd wrote: > > > At the request of the uug-officers, you have been removed and banned > > > from uug-list for swearing in this email. > > Exsqueeze me?! > > I know we joke about this being a dictatorship, but that was an > inappropriate decision. Micheal was a long time contributor with many > interesting and useful things to say. Even if he hadn't been, a warning > of some type would have been more appropriate than banning him without > consulting the group. His language may have pushed the envelope for a > BYU setting, but I've heard it uttered on campus and the person wasn't > stoned or run off. > > I think it's time we had official policy on list subscriptions and > dealing with problems. Autocratic banning just isn't appropriate, > especially for such a minor offense.
Here here. That was pretty harsh. I sent him a personal note reminding him that some might take offense at that kind of language and maybe he should watch it. He apologized and assured me he'd be more careful. Did all the officers really make this decision together? Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
