Terrell Brown's post is the most level-headed on the subject of expulsion
from the listserv. In my opinion, he has outlined the issues, stated
reasonable criteria, and offered workable practices. I don't think there
is anything more that should be said about the matter. Any more will
divert the public-meeting aspect of discussing Minneapolis political
issues.
David Wilson
Loring Park
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Terrell Brown wrote:
> 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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