RE: [atlarge-discuss] Last Man Standing

[<bruce@barelyadequate.info>]

Jan Siren wrote:

|  Groucho Marx actually.  Reference: Microsoft Bookshelf 1994
|  edition.

Perhaps Marx did get it from Twain.  I seem to remeber the quote attributed
to him.  In either case, it's stil appropriate to the circumstance!  :)

|  Aware of that parallel, I suggest that Danny join our group
|  today, so he can  be nominated tomorrow!

If you'll remember, Henry had Beckett killed for not living up to his
expectations!  Are you intimating such a fate for Danny?  :)

|  I strongly suggest that you, Eric, and Jefsey
|  contact Thomas Roessler - whom I perceive as a sober,
|  responsible person -
|  without delay, and ask him what it would take to convert this
|  list into a
|  moderated one.

Sorry, but no.  The status of the mail list would require a decision by the
membership.  Besides which, Jefsey, Eric and myself stayed on with the sole
expressed purpose of seeing the election through, and that task only.  This
was our promise to the membership, and I, for one, plan to live up to it.

That said, regardless of my position on the other side of this election, my
focus will be on getting our bylaws drafted and to the membership for
approval, then getting our organization incorporated legally in some venue.
If everyone remembers, my offer still stand to coordinate and file the
papers for incorporation here in Oregon.  I'll even cover the filing fees,
and the first leg of the "round robin" FedEx trip it will take to get
signatures from the appropriate incoming Panel members!

|  But I personally would like to see that conversion take
|  place as soon as is democratically practicable.

Trust me, there are times I wish the Discuss list were moderated.  But
moderation is but one step away from censorship, which I loathe!  If we are
to moderate this list, we first need to discuss same with the membership,
and follow their will.  Personally, if we were to moderate the list at all,
I would put in place the barest, finely targeted rules possibble, and limit
banning to the most egregious of acts, things way beyond the bounds of
propriety.

Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon USA
bruce@barelyadequate.info
http://www.barelyadequate.info
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