Dear Silver List members, I thought I was going to be able to do some useful work here this morning, but it appears that I will have to spend time dealing with a list discipline problem instead.
Garnet reported to me in private e-mail yesterday that she was receiving harassing e-mails from Jack Dayton and asked that I deal with the situation. I requested she send me copies of some of the offending mail messages so I could gauge my response appropriately. She answered that request today by reporting that she had already forwarded the messages to the whole list. In case it isn't obvious, people, both private harassment of other list members *and* posting such harassing messages to the list are disruptive and a violation of list rules. For specifics, see http://www.silverlist.org, at which you will find the following: "I expect civil, courteous, and considerate behavior at all times and in all discussions, regardless of topic. Aggressive behavior is not allowed. Attacks, ridicule or insults against the person, ideas, education, beliefs, or opinions of any other list member are not acceptable behavior. This applies equally to off-list behavior toward list members. "Criticism of other list members' behavior or how the list is being run must be directed to me, the list owner, privately and not on the list. No List Cops! " So, in this case, because of consistently borderline rudeness and a pattern of inappropriate off-list communications with other list members, Jack Dayton is banned from the Silver List. Meanwhile, Garnet wrote: > I do not plan on Giving the Devil his dues. If Jack or anyone else > sends me a rude email it will be immediately forwarded to the list. Unless, of course, you actually want to follow the list rules... > I ban people who disrupt my lists, after a fair warning. So do I, of course, unless the behavior is so blatant and offensive that I don't think it's worth it. If you'd give me the opportunity to do my job, I'd give you the chance to correct your behavior. > Sending rude or harassing email to list members is one line I will not > allow to be crossed and remain on any list I moderate. Funny, me too. > Tough Love Baby. Yep. For selfishly disrupting the list with matters that I expect to be handled privately, Garnet is banned from the Silver List. To our newer members: Please don't be unduly upset by this situation. It really does not take very much in the way of good sense and simple civility to stay a member in good standing of this list. The other 500-and-some members are ample proof that this is so! Having had the chance this morning to visit the list of people that I have had to ban, I am pleased to note that it is remarkably short considering that I have administered the list for going on seven years. Not bad at all, actually. These situations are blessedly rare. If anything you're doing is disruptive, I'll quietly let you know and give you ample opportunity to improve your behavior. If there's something going on that you don't like, please tell me privately so I can advise you or deal with it myself, as the situation requires. It's really not that hard folks! Be well, Mike Devour silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
