Hi all --
Well, I just know that you all knew that this was coming your way sooner or
later, so SURPRISE!!!! here are the Guidelines once again for everyone to
enjoy, ingest, digest, ruminate over, and incorporate into interactions,
especially here on BrinL.
Brad DeLong wrote:
>The "invasion" of the Brin list by the Culture has, after all, been
>carried out by none other than long-time Brin-L member Adrian Hon.
Whaaat?? Sweet little quiet Adrian starting an insurgency? Who knew?
and more:
>There may still be a clash of Cultures. One must admit that his
>Culture-List persona is... different... from his BRIN-L persona... in
>ways that may be a shock to some...
I don't think there's been a clash of cultures so far: in fact the
Culture discussions reinvigorated our discussion here, IMO. I keep waiting
for Evan to show up again, because I remember him as the Culture Guru. But
then, we're talking my memory here, so that might not be true.
Anyway....
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The Brin -L Mailing List exists for the discussion of matters pertaining to
the writings of Drs. Brin and Benford and topics of interest to list
members.
As members of a civilization, these are the guidelines we agree to live under:
- We post as if every message we write as if we were going to read it aloud in
front of the whole group.
- We sign our messages with our name and e-mail address.
- We are tolerant of subject threads that bore us to death.
- We keep subject lines appropriate to the contents of the message.
- We do NOT include the entire message to which we are replying.
- We DO include a few lines if our reply can't stand on its own.
- We DO keep attributions correctly assigned to the original poster.
- We do NOT send terse, one line replies.
- We use emphasis to make our comments clear. (Stars, smilies, etc.)
- We use white space and keep our paragraphs short.
- We keep our line length below 80 characters.
- If our reply is more appropriately directed only at the original poster,
we don't send it to the entire list.
- If our message is funny, frivolous, humourous, or is generally silly in
nature, we add a "Silly/Humor" flag to the subject line so others can
identify it easily.
- We flag long messages with "GLL", "ELL" or "L3" in the subject line. (In
deference to our Grand Past Alpha Mails this stands for "Gord like
length","Eythain like length" or "Lazh like length").
We agree that:
- Questions are welcome.
- Extensive discussions that get into the nitty-gritty of the subject are
welcome.
- Funny, silly, frivolous, amusing, playful, joking, cheerful postings are
welcome. Original humor, especially if it pertains to an existing thread,
is quite welcome. Forwarding blanket humor from other sources is
discouraged, but not forbidden.
- We are a multilingual group, and as such we tolerate mistakes and
idiosyncracies when they show up on the list in English (American English).
We remember that some folks may not be the best typists around, and
tolerate those mistakes as well. We all will kindly answer any questions
others have about our native language in a friendly manner.
- Brin and Benford ROCK. Trevor Sands is the best screenwriter ever. =+))
Most of the time we think Iain Banks is pretty cool, too
We will further endeavor to remember, as David Brin says, to "Remind
yourself, now and then, to say the following phrase: 'I am a member of a
civilization.' (IAAMOAC) Our society has its flaws, but if you ponder
history, and cantankerous human nature, it's astonishing how far we've
come. We just don't say IAAMOAC often enough. ... "
We further agree that:
- Personal attacks, whether direct or indirect are not welcome. These
should be handled off list, and if you disagree with some controversial
point, direct the attack at the argument, not the person.
- Abusive or inflammatory language is not welcome.
- Profanity is not welcome.
- Chain letters are not welcome.
- Mail bombs to each other are not welcome.
- The Listowners have the right to remove someone who does not wish to
comport themselves in a manner concordant with our civilization.
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Thank you,
Jo Anne
Lady of the List, Bearer of the High Standards, Owner of the 7th Chalice of
Betazed etc. ( I still like these titles! Maybe I should get a business
card for introductions with these titles on it? ;+))
Note: This list was written using another set of guidelines originally
composed by Donna Hrynkiw of Vancouver, British Columbia -- and is used
with her permission.
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