You will habe been aware today that I have requested to be removed from this group and that decision remains. I am subscribed to many groups and frankly have never experienced the content management that has been undergoing on this group. Yur personal situation should be kept seperate from this group and I would expect a higher lebel of professionalism. Please have me removed from this group immediately and I would strongly suggest you reconsider and adopt am appraoch more appropriate. Mark Townsend +44 7973 326633 [email protected]
On 3 Aug 2011, at 17:48, Gordon & Lynne Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > This is one of those messages I wish I never had had to write. But this needs > to be reaffirmed so I'd best get it over with now. > > The list policy document located at > <http://www.tft-bbs.co.uk/mac-access-welcome.html> makes it very clear that > flaming won't be tolerated on this list. Recently, because I haven't wanted > to take any action against anybody, things have been slipping and there has > been a bit of flaming on this list. > > That, as of now, is a situation which will be rectified. As per her request, > for instance, Linda Mumford has been removed from this group. Frankly she was > nothing but trouble from the day she joined; and I shouldn't have tolerated > it for as long as I did. However, she is the first member I have had to > remove because of unacceptable behaviour. I went out of my way, on and off > list, to be courteous and polite to that lady; so I really don't know where > she gets her views of what constitutes "Rude" from. However, she's gone now > and hopefully she might eventually see the error of her ways. > > OK, so she's history; but we have to think of the future of the group. Gordon > and I are currently having to deal with a very difficult personal situation > whereby 2 members of our joint family are being treated for cancer. Those > situations are obviously at the forefront of our minds; and we are devoting > most of our time towards aiding their recovery. > > Earlier this week we came very close to announcing the closure of this group, > owing to the persistent trouble-causing which has gone on here recently. But > we opted not to do that because it would be to the detriment of the very > large majority of members who have behaved absolutely impeccably and totally > in the spirit of the group's aims. However, from this point on, we will be > enforcing the rules to the letter with regards flaming. Any member who does > it will be moderated and, if necessary, removed; end of story. I sincerely > hope it won't be necessary. > > Gordon and I totally acknowledge that we aren't above making mistakes; and > we've made a few recently. We too need to take more care in how we say what > we say, and that we will do. But those who are determined, like Linda, to > twist what others say to suit their own purposes won't be pacified in future; > I will simply do what's necessary for the good of the group. As Leonard Nimoy > (alias Mr. Spock) so famously said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs > of the few; or the one". That is how it will be. > > Lynne > > ------------------------------ > > Gordon & Lynne Smith, <[email protected]> > > Are you an iOS or Mac OS fan? If so, consider joining our vibrant community > of fellow-enthusiasts. To join our forum, send a message to: > <[email protected]> > with the word "subscribe" [no quotes] in the subject line of your message. Or > else, visit: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > ------------------------------ > > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
