Message From MEG

[abigailnus]

Dear FAQ-ers,
 
 As many of you already know, several hours ago, we sent Cindy a
 private e-mail in which we requested that she resign from FAQ. The
 decision to do this was reached unanimously, after much discussion
 and deliberation, the decision to do this was supported by a
 poll in which a large majority of MEG's members voted. There was
 one abstention and no votes against.
 
 Please believe us when we say that we did not come to this decision
 lightly. Most of us were Cindy's friends at one point or another. Many
 of us supported her during the first Modgate debacle, and others
 among us only came to FAQ because of her invitation. As list members
 we have enjoyed Cindy's intelligent, funny and thought-provoking
 posts and her Fantastic Posts essays. As members of FAQ, we have
 greatly benefitted from her experience, her energy and her leadership.
 As list administrators, many of us learned our stuff from Cindy, and
 others remain in awe of her ability to juggle several time-consuming
 list jobs and still remain actively involved in list discussion.
 
 However, we have come to believe that we are no longer able to work
 with Cindy, in any capacity. As we said in our previous letter, some fault
 for this no doubt lies with us, but this is not a volunteer organization.
 We cannot allow our relationship with one person to disrupt not one but
 two administration lists.
 
 We hope that FAQ may now begin to return to its stated purpose - the
 production of FPs. We realize that much remains to be discussed with
 regards to MEG's relationship with this list. We look forward to
 discussing these policy decisions with FAQ in an open, civil and
 hopefully friendly manner. We would prefer to put this matter behind
 us, but we recognize that some of you may wish to discuss Cindy's
 resignation/banning further. We recognize your right to discuss this
 issue on FAQ, but we would like to ask you to keep in mind that FAQ
 needs to heal, and another flame war will not help do this. Please
 consider sending any comments you have to the -owner address. We
 promise to acknowledge your letter immediately upon its receipt and
 to answer it as quickly and thoroughly as we can. We must remind you,
 however, that discussion of list policy has long been forbidden on any
 of the public lists. This includes discussing Cindy's
 resignation/banning.
 
 We close with our best hopes that this trying time is now nearing its
 end, and that we can all get back to doing the thing we love -
 participating in, and serving, the HPfGU lists.
 
 Abigail
 For the list administration