Now that the Forum appears to possibly be bak on line I will copy this "forum" related post to the forum itself.
JaMi Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Forum Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] New Moderated Forum > Techserv Forum Administrator, > Re: PEDA Forum, > > CC: the Protel Users at Yahoo > > I would respectfully submit that the specific action that you appear to have > just now taken here, to wit, the shutting down the PEDA forum, may in fact > be a little extreme. > > I have personally just reviewed the Forum Guidelines (actually the second > time today), and what I find surprising is that most of the high volume > issues that are being discussed here right now in the PEDA Forum are in fact > squarely within the stated guidelines for this forum. > > Maybe you are talking about something else, and if so, would you please have > the courtesy to let us know specifically what the offending posts were that > were off topic? > > I of course also presume that you sent these offenders of forum guidelines, > notice of their offense, and of your intended course of action. I actually > may have missed something here, because the last post that I received from > the forum before this one was over 2 hours ago. > > I feel that I may have precipitated this somewhat by suggesting that some > people contact you regarding the ability to receive a "digest" of the posts > as opposed to individual posts. > > I of course had no idea that this would cause you to shut down the forum. > > Is there perhaps something else here that doesn't quite meet the eye? > > Possibly some pressure from some source? > > Some overload of facilities? > > A need to have the operation finance itself? > > A need to have some updated software > > While we do see an occasional unsubscribe request, it must be that we do not > see the majority of them in this forum, as we do in other forums. I don't > remember seeing any today other than one I responded to and directed to you. > > Could we please have a little more information on just exactly what is going > on here, either here in the PEDA forum, or in a direct email? > > With all due respect, this appears to be some form of Ransom Request? > > Respectfully Submitted, > > JaMi Smith > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Forum Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Forumadministrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:46 PM > Subject: [PEDA] New Moderated Forum > snip . . . you all got the original . . . ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 80E17859C9DA4B4280AD8331F0BA23678AD98803 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
