----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 5:48 PM Subject: Official Statement
> To my fellow Brinellers, > > I hereby offer my sincere apologies for my part in all this mess and for > the disturbance it caused, and I also offer my sincere apologies to Nick > for trying to gain access to his server. I promise that I will do > everything within my capabilities to prevent escalations, flame wars and > other nastiness from happening again. Do you think you can actually follow through with this? Gonna be pretty tough after this last go round. > > As a first sign of good will, you may notice when looking at the "From:" > field of this message that the return address is now once again my own > e-mail address. More of a return to honesty, but if you want to call it goodwill......eh! > > I hereby request that the listowners restore my posting privileges to the > list, and without moderation. I'd like to see you posting again, but would support Nick on moderation if he cares to continue it. If he does not care to continue it, all the better. > > I also urge the list to discuss the matter of "list policy", so that we can > reach a list-wide agreement on what behaviour will and will not be > tolerated, and what steps should be taken if and when something happens > that this list deems "unacceptable". IMHO, only a clear and well-documented > list policy may prevent mayhem like these last few weeks from happening again. I dont think so......no not at all. I think we are all adults here and know right from wrong. If you cant seem to get a handle on it, the maybe Sonja can help you since she seems to have a pretty good head on her shoulders. I think codifying "The Rules" only invites people to skirt them, and to be honest I think that is pretty much what you attempted to do. You argue like a defense lawyer about what is right and what is wrong, when it is really a pretty simple thing for most people. > > This list has been too much fun and too interesting to let it go to hell... I agree, and while i think a Jeroen-less list is a diminished list, do not think life would go on for the rest of us without you. By the same token I believe that losing JDG would be tragic also, so please refrain from "requests" that others be banned or moderated. Coming from you after the last few weeks, it would leave quite a bad taste. Sometimes its better to keep some opinions under your hat ( you can bet that I dont say everything I think at all times). <G> If you start feeling like saying things that might cause trouble, you can always email me first and see what effect it has on me, before springing it on the list at large. Of course that offer is open to all of you. I think we have all done this with each other at one time or another. <G> > > Salam Alaikum / Sholom Aleichem. > > > Jeroen van Baardwijk > > Good Luck Jeroen xponent Wings To Speed You Onward Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
