Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Res <res at ausics.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009, Brian McKee wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Res <res at ausics.net> wrote:
>>> I think to work there must be a
>>> private and closed list for moderators and lost owners only,
>>
>> I did propose earlier a separate moderators list.  Why 'closed and private'?
>> I don't understand that part of your rationale.

> because it is for moderators, to perhaps discuss action agaisnt someone,
> and nobody but moderators should have teh right to comment, if it is not
> closed you WILL get peanut gallery members, it is so other members know
> you have taken action against someone, think of it as an administrative
> list.

I think the peanut gallery is inevitable, if they can't comment there
they'll comment on list, which means everyone else has to put up with
it.
And hopefully the moderators will either have a thick enough skin or
skill enough with filters to deal with the peanut gallery.

To me, a big point of the list is to get the 'meta' discussions off this list.

Brian

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