Re: [atlarge-discuss] Last Man Standing

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Bruce and all fellow members,

 Bruce, I see that again you are several days behind the curve
in threads on this forum in your responses. Par for the course.

  Any election in the current state of the membership list fiasco
that has taken place would without good security, be illegitimate
at best.

bruce@barelyadequate.info wrote:

> 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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Regards,

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