List etiquette question

[John Summerfield]

On Wednesday 30 October 2002 00:08, Marvin Dickens wrote:
> This thread has been

If you want the thread to go away, don't contribute to it.

As for taking it off list, I can't think of a better place to discuss the 
conduct of this list than on this list.

In any properly-run meeting, the most important (highest-priority) motions are 
those to do with the running of the meeting itself; how can you possibly make 
decision about whether to raise membership fees unless you're agreed on how 
to make the decision?

Unlike a properly-run meeting, this list lacks a chairman with the power to 
evict the unruly, or a sargeant-at-arms to effect such a decision. However, 
in many respects a maling list is a special kind of meeting and we must have 
and agree to rules for its conduct.

To an extent, those with the knowledge to impart and the esire to impart it 
have the edge over those lacking the knowledge; if we're sufficiently 
offended we can just leave.



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Cheers
John