> Jeroen got us off to a good start ... (some snippage for brevity)
> To get things started, here is a first draft:
>
> Title: <Brin-L Constitution>
>
> 2. All Members, including the Listowners, may call on an other Member if
he
> or she is showing undesirable conduct.
> 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.
> 4. If a Member continues his misbehaviour, other Members, including the
> Listowners, may call on the offending Member on-list.
While maybe this was not "official" this is pretty much what I have been
aware happening in the past, except the CC/BCC part, but then again I know I
have bounced stuff off of Julia and Eileen on more than one occasion in the
past. I bounce things off of them because I think they are hearing from
others in a similar manner and they have helped me to formulate what seems
like a tempered response to things I might not always feel tempered about. I
think this trait is pretty important in any kind of ettiquette police (but in
some ways has fallen on the list owners in the past).
> 5. If a Member still continues his misbehaviour, he will be sanctioned by
a
> Temporary Ban from the List, but not before the matter is discussed
on-list
> and consensus has been reached.
LOL, this makes me think of adolescents... "please please beat me up, punish
me, but don't "talk" to me. It will take a tough cookie to get past all our
possible "angles" on a good "talking to".
> 6. This Temporary Ban will not exceed a period of four weeks.
The progressive suspension thing works for me
>
> A few notes:
> 1. It needs to be defined what constitutes "undesirable conduct" (point #2)
> 2. It needs to be defined what constitutes "misbehaviour" (points #4, #5,
#8)
undesirable, misbehavior... hmmmm
My first gut reaction to this is things that scream "belligerently
intolerant" when people have felt the need to ask us to take a "time out",
etc. I actually think that undesirable comes right before unacceptable on an
imaginary continuum. Having been on the receiving end of "you are sinking
your teeth way to far into this" posts, I know several people that will
gently let most of us know when we need a break. In many cases when we beat
some electron horses to death, some wise being senses that we need to step
away from the conversation for a bit, and suggests it. If you feel like you
are saying the same thing over and over (or louder), be sensitive to someone
offering a "chill pill". It might really be "ok" if this is not a concrete
area, it doesn't hurt us to explore others perceptions of what might be
crossing a line (or to appreciate it).
Dee
