On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> To get things started, here is a first draft:
>
> Title: <Brin-L Constitution>

[snip]

> 3. These calls are to be made off-list. To keep a complete record of these
> calls, Members are requested to CC or BCC such a message to the Listowners.

Is a complete record necessary?  To what end?  If someone's behavior is
bad enough to warrant punishment, then by definition it should have
prompted online discussion anyway, by which point any record of private
admonshments should become moot.  I think that respect for the admonisher
and admonishee demands such communications be private.

OTOH, having to cc the listowner might make admonishers think twice about
sending needless admonishments.  But then, the potential wrath of the
admonishee might have a similar effect.  Thoughts, anyone?

[snip]

Good job, Jeroen.  A question.  Is there any way to set up an automated
weekly posting of the etiquette guidelines (and the constitution, assuming
it gets finished and we adopt it)?

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

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