David, as list manager, did what he needed to do.
Somehow it spilled onto the list and a few people have
objected.
Having managed a similar list for a couple of years
now, I feel compelled to offer a couple of comments.
First, I don�t think anyone would take the time
required to manage this list if they didn�t have a
deep interest in public policy, as such they will have
opinions. Second, I view these lists much as I would
a public meeting. If a person becomes disruptive they
will be asked to behave within the expected level of
decorum, if they don�t they will be asked to leave.
In our case the expected decorum is the rules of the
list.
Like most public meetings, most don�t participate;
they listen (read) and maybe will comment privately to
one or two individuals about their observations. On
the list that I manage, I have had a number of people
complain when the discussion becomes less civil, when
that happens there seems to be a higher incidence of
people unsubscribing to the list.
When a person�s behavior continues to be such that it
detracts from the list (disrupts the meeting) we as a
group can benefit by removing the disruption. A list
manager is going to see many things that he or she
doesn�t agree with (just as is the Chair of the
meeting), that comes with the territory, the challenge
which I think David has handled very well is to
separate ones own opinion from his list management
duties.
There is BTW a higher authority; the Board of
Directors of MN E-democracy could intervene if David
was overstepping. David should be commended for the
way he has built this list to the high level of
community discussion it has achieved.
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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