To me, this does not deserve celebration. However, it hopefully serves as a call to action for all involved with this list: Open and frank discussions are necessary and can be had with list members. This is the closest to a private forum we have outside of sitting in a room with a tape recorder running.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:23 PM Eamonn Doyle <d...@d1.ie> wrote: > Thank god for that.. thank you !! > > Eamonn / D1-Dublin > > > > > > > On 29 Jun 2020, at 01:36, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If someone still communicates with Denise, tell her she's being > unsubscribed and blocked from this E-Mail list. > > She's blocked me so I can't do it myself. I can't see her Tweets or > Facebook posts either because I'm blocked, but I've had tweets forwarded to > me complaining that it's a list where old white people tell you what you > can listen to, and attacking me specifically. > > I have always given list members broad latitude as to what they can post, > I am not the tone police, as Denise has accused me of being. I've asked > her not to make ad hominem attacks. Turns out she's not read any of my > private e-mails, so sending them was a waste of my time. > > I think that reading the e-mails from the admin is a minimum requirement > for being a member of the list. If you don't like how things are run, you > can unsubscribe. You can curse me, debate me, whatever, but you do have to > pay attention to me. I promise to contact people privately rarely. > > I have always treated Denise with what I thought was a respectful > attitude. I've always credited her for doing a lot of good work in > scholarship and community activism for the Detroit music scene. But that > wasn't enough, apparently. > > I wish her well in all her future endeavors, but those endeavors will no > longer include the 313 mailing list. > > Going forward, I'm thinking a better way to handle people causing trouble > on the list is to 86 them early and often. Many people who I think were > equally as valuable - or more valuable - to the 313 techno music scene have > unsubscribed because of her. > > I'm no longer willing to allow people to hijack this list for whatever > reason. And that doesn't mean I'm going to censor anyone. It does mean you > have to play nice. > > > -- FBK Absoloop/Orange 82
