Aaron, What can I say. Moderation of any kind of mailing list appears to be a mostly thankless job. I am glad that you felt that you were appreciated by some at least. You can count me among them.
I think in all fairness, cutting out some of the more unpleasant duties you have heaped on yourself is not such a bad idea. For those of us fortunate to know you and count you an acquaintance, know what you do for the Linux and Open Source community. Don't let some of the more zealous individuals on this list ever take your enthusiasm away. This list will undoubtedly suffer without you as a moderator but I understand your reasons for stepping down. I agree with the things that Barclay and Marcel have said. I know that personally I will be ignoring more threads in the near future but I will still be here to scoop any hints and tips that the rest of the productive members of this list have to offer. I will also attempt to answer any questions I think I am qualified to answer. Some of you could go a great distance to do this same thing instead of providing us with noise to filter out. I put this challenge out to you all. Try to be adult when posting to this list. To be helpful when you can and hold your fingers at bay when you feel it necessary to chide. Try to ask relevant informed questions and please search out answers to your problems elsewhere before hitting this list with something trivial. I think that in the spirit of this holiday season, we need to take a moment to reflect that this list is geared towards helping people. Not to make people angry or feel stupid. Thank you Aaron. Jarrod Major CLUG Treasurer Registered Linux User: #224211 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:07 PM Subject: (clug-talk) New moderator more clug-talk > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all... > > I have been the list moderator for some time now. I took this position on > willingly with the approval of the group (as it was then) since the list had > proven to devolve into chaotic noise without the occasional intervention of > moderation. > > But the road is at an end: I am withdrawing as list moderator effective > immediately. > > Why? Well.... > > I have grown tired of dealing with the inane attitudes, childishness and > innability of some to keep irrelevant topics off the list. I am tired of > explaining myself to newcomers who piss on me in blissful ignorance when I do > my job. I am tired of getting complaints from people asking me to control the > list more than I do, and other complaints from people saying that I am too > controling and/or only doing so to achieve my own interests. I'm tired of > writing diplomatic emails. I'm tired of taking time out from my family and > Free software hacking time to tend to the least useful additions to this > list, often only to be blamed for the original problems. I'm tired of dealing > with the lameness, ignorance and inscrutability some people bring with them. > > I'm tired of it to the point of not enjoying the interaction on the list > anymore. The choice is therefore a no-brainer as I'd like to enjoy my > participation here. Someone else can do the moderating from now on. > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > - Albert Einstein > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE99qv31rcusafx20MRAtbjAJ9EThyFehfAJQE3JP30nJQJysdovgCeK2Zj > MEuNo+gkwSK4LlWoEQdHDfs= > =zB7D > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
