-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 09:22, Jarrod Major wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to apologize for last night. It seems that we attracted a > raving madman and I'm not talking about S�bastien either <grin> > > Garth Meisel has been banned him from the mailing list. Jeff's firewall is
jeez, i don't read my email more 24 hours and look what i miss. glad to see some action was taken; it would be nice if everyone could simply get along but there are those who have problems doing so... > could be changed for the better. At the very least a clear and concise > usage agreement should be sent out periodically to remind people that > things like what Garth did are not acceptable. i don't think such a thing will really be necessary. we're talking common sense and respect for the commons. i'd like to see CLUG remain as open and semi-formal as possible since i think that does the most to promoting growth and a spirit reflective of the group itself (whatever that may be). the worst thing that can happen to an open community is for it to start shutting its doors just because we have to deal with the occasional odd-ball. we can (and should) be stronger than that. > I know that Trevor is considering removing himself > from the list and I wouldn't blame him in the least. i'd hope everyone just keeps it in perspective and realizes that it was a single person coming in to stir up shit rather than reflective of the larger CLUG community. this happens in all communities from time to time. =/ the best way to see it not happen is to reinforce positive behaviour by doing so yourself, which is what the overwhelming majority of people on this list do. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+W6ad1rcusafx20MRAtTRAJ9qdHqPZNLqdJJy2+QxQxHoXeZyaACdGC2k tJUCY+95DkeZkdDZ9zwAVr0= =oAUy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
