smitty wrote:
>>What went on over there that appears to have caused a split?
>
> As one of the founders of flalug, I will summarize why Dave Meyer and I
> started this list:
Ah, the horse's mouth...;P
> December 2002. I had been on the mailing list of another local lug for over
> two and a half years. Every month, the list administrator who was also one
> of the founders of the lug I am speaking of, would post a lengthy list
> conduct policy.
I've seen that other places, but it's certainly not the norm.
> I opined that all those rules were micromanagement, but
> tolerated it because it was the only local list.
Which probably wasn't received very well...file that one under
contructive criticism. Nothing wrong with that...
Another problem was that
> the list policies were arbitrarily enforced.
Red flag.
> I was unsubscribed based on a voice vote during an
> evening conference call initiated by the list admin to "deal with this Smitty
> problem".
You should open your show with ac/dc's Problem Child...LOL
(this information was shared with me in confidence by one of the
> inner circle people who shall forever remain nameless)
Intrigue, suspense....:)
(snip)
> We are proof that you only need a few simple, sensible policies to maintain a
> mailing list. And here we are today.
> Smitty
Well, I gotta say, this list has the flavor and reflects the rest of
what I have experienced of the open source community so far....and that
I like...:)
Thanks!
Chris
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