Scrubbing (was Requesting membership)

[davewitley]

Cindy wrote:

> See, the
> current vote is Sheryll, Heidi and Amanda with reservations about
> scrubbing and only Cindy in favor of scrubbing.  Everyone else has
> been silent so far.  

I abstain.

My personal solution to this conundrum is, when commenting on 
possible admissions to a group, to bear in mind that the people I am 
commenting on may end up reading what I say.  The same goes, for 
example, when commenting on main list behaviour by newbies.  E-mail 
is remarkable durable, as Bill Gates found out to his cost, and even 
*with* a scrubbing policy there is no guarantee that copies won't 
eventually find their way to the subject of discussions.  

I tend to think that, if my concerns are legitimate and 
diplomatically expressed, the person won't mind.

David