Okay I check and here is what is in the policy for Mailing Lists. Now the Policy is for Hosted Mailing lists and I can only assume (sometimes it is bad for that) that lopsa-discuss is a hosted email list and this policy would appl
https://governance.lopsa.org/LOPSA_Policies/Hosted_mailing_lists Oversight LOPSA is in no way responsible for the content of hosted mailing lists. It is the responsibility of the list moderator(s) to ensure that hosted lists are not used for illegitimate purposes. LOPSA reserves the right to take action if made aware of improper conduct on hosted lists. Then there is https://governance.lopsa.org/LOPSA_Policies/Etiquette_Policy and there is the Code of Ethics https://lopsa.org/CodeOfEthics But in all of these the drift of it is that people have te right to their opinion. True they should stay on track which was mentioned. But the Mailing List Policy is vague on this because of articles just like this one. Crossing borders is a common thing for people in this field and we take our electronic devices with us. This brings tons of issues. Heck I went to Portugal with my laptop and was only asked to turn it on "after it went through the xray (both in the US and in Portugal) and no problems. I haven't traveled by air since so I can't say by today's rules. To me the article was okay but it didn't pertain to me so I didn't give it much thought except to tuck it away for future reference in my "Cliff Claven head". >>> Michael Ryder <[email protected]> 3/15/2013 12:50 PM >>> Incidentally, can anyone point to a LOPSA policy or directive about how one should properly frame related news articles? Please don't respond with the equivalent of "well, good network citizens should already know how to do this." John J. Boris, Sr. "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
