I do not visit this list often enough, but your message is one I read and I just wanted to express my profound respect for your words, your way of life, and your objectivity in a situation that can be a challenge to manage. Glad to belong to a community where the moderator and the members are also, in a way, coaches to many of us I'm sure. > On Nov 11, 2016, at 10:14 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Well, it's been quite a week, on-list, to say the least. > > I am writing to let you all know that Cara and I read virtually every post. > > > Now I realize that many of you believe that some topics do not belong on > this list and that they should be immediately shut down; further if the > posters continue to contribute to the thread, they should be immediately > banned from the community. > > While that is certainly a reasonable point of view, I would ask you to > consider another point of view, said point being that this list is more than > just a Mac support community, it is also a place where we share ideas and > express ourselves to the world. It's a place where we can be heard. > > This is why, for the most part, Cara and I do not immediately request that a > thread be closed even when it appears to be a bit off-topic. Having said > this, we do expect everyone to honor our requests to close a thread when > such a request has been made. > > It would appear that some of you do not understand how I, as a moderator, > choose to view/handle various issues that come up, on-list, from > time-to-time. > > My view is really quite simple. I think of all of you, even those of you > who strongly disagree with my approach to list management, as being part of > my family. This is to say, I think of this community as being composed of > family members not mere list subscribers. > > I am always reluctant to ban someone from the list. For many of us, this > online community, is our primary social outlet and, realizing this, I choose > to handle various situations with extreme care and delicacy, when possible. > > > In any community, virtual or not, we must all learn to get along with > others. We cannot ban everyone who offends us or who's opinions clash with > our own. > > Does this make sense? > > More simply stated, I, for example, may not always like my sister but, she > is my sister and I want her here, with me. > > Those of you, with whom I have communicated, off-list, know that I say what > I mean and mean what I say and that I do not tolerate threats or ultimatums > against this community or any of its members. > > Be that as it may, banning any one of you from the list would diminish us > all for we all have a voice and it is important that our voices be haerd. > > We, all of us in this community, are visually challenged and it is this > challenge that ties us together in a way that is beyond any untying. Please > try to keep this in mind, okay? > > Even though I have not met many of you, in person, please always remember > that I am listening and that you matter to me. > > Now, relax, take it easy, and have a wonderful, accessible weekend. > > Most Sincerely, > > Moderator Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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