[TriLUG] Is the Steering committee moderating folks without first discusing it with them?

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Mon Sep 26 22:20:05 EDT 2005


Thanks Kevin! (mea culpa)**2

Jon

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 21:19, Kevin Otte wrote:
> Jon Carnes wrote:
> > I've heard a complaint from unnamed parties that their posts are now
> > being moderated. They also claim that this happened to them "out of the
> > blue" - without any warnings or discussion.
> 
> Hey Jon,
> 
> I do know of one person that had some trouble, and I think that was a 
> case of me mashing the wrong button when doing some admin work on 
> Mailman.  This button has been unmashed :)
> 
> > I would really like to hear an explanation of this. If it's true then I
> > consider that a blatant abuse of the power invested within the TriLUG
> > Steering committee.
> 
> I am reminded of a quote my friend shared with me many years ago:
> 
> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by 
> stupidity."
> 
> If there is ever a problem with the mailing list or any other TriLUG 
> service, I urge the inconvenienced party to contact the steering 
> committee to resolve the matter through civil discourse.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Kevin Otte
> Vice-Chair, TriLUG




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