On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 03:00:17PM -0500, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: > No "how to fix Brin-L" debate was formally convened...conversation > just drifted that way (surprise!), with lots of options being > pondered. I believe it has been understood on deutero-brin-l that we > have no authority to make any binding decisions on behalf of all of > Brin-L.
If I were involved in such a thing, I would feel obliged to make a transcript of the discussion (probably asking if anyone objected to having their posts transcribed and deleting the objector's posts), post it to the main Brin-L, explain what happened, and invite others to join in discussing the subject on the main list. I would also propose that the entire "test" discussions be archived to be placed on a public website, and made sure that everyone involved knew this would happen. > 1b. Maybe have one or two rotating list manager positions so that anybody > interested can try his or her hand at the job, and to prevent burnout for > the more "permanent" list manager(s). How would the managers be chosen? Sure, anyone can be one, but at any given time, WHO is a manager? It sounds like you are going to have to get into voting. Kind of like voting for court justices. Maybe that would work, but it seems heavy handed to me. > 2. The Holy Guidelines - a set of rules and suggestions laid down > as imperatives the violation of which may result in penalties but > probably not because we can never agree on a valid penalty - should > be scrapped in favor of a collection of aphorisms about the nature of > conversation, the virtues of courtesy, and the benefits of tolerance. > Anyone who finds a good quote can add to the collection, which will be > posted to the list as part of a FAQ once a month or something. The Agglomerated Aphorisms. I like this idea a lot. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/
