Reasons for hall monitoring

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On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 02:57:31PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>> I can't speak for the other Board members but I do think there are
>> senses in which we can be non-excellent to each other without using
>> insults.  If our mailing lists stay cordial, but their content becomes
>> increasingly redundant or repetitive, that also can contribute to a
>> negative environment that pushes people away from communicating with
>> each other.
>>
> I think you're wrong here.  People post redundant information because they
> think they're helping.  Helping is being excellent to each other.  This kind
> of differing interpretation is why we need to clarify this one way or the
> other.  Although I think that we don't want to go down the slope of
> expanding what the hall monitors can be censoring it is better to have
> a clear definition of this rather than leaving it open ended as to what
> a hall monitor can choose to ban.
>
> Please write up a proposal to replace my number 2 and ask that the Board
> consider both my #1 and your proposal at tomorrow's meeting.

One option might be to gather together some volunteers to monitor the
hall monitors.

Another option might be to stop treating contributors like they are 5
years old, even when sometimes they act like it.

John