[HPFGU-OTChatter] Request for Policy Explanation (WAS: That's It For Me, I Guess)

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

Hmmm. Well I have been a member of one list (not HP related) which has been
run for several years (with no detriment) in the way Cindy suggests - an
elected moderator team. Those nominated and seconded either accept
nomination or decline, and the listees vote via a poll who shall be chosen
as moderator for the next twelve months. Sometimes people do such a
wonderful job they are re-elected. This same list (which works wonderfully)
sprang into existence because the list moderator of the *original* list
began arbitrarily unsubbing people who disagreed with her. It did not make
for a happy environment.

Cindy has been open with her concerns, and it appeared to me, genuinely
concerned with the direction the main list is taking. It seemed to me she
was looking for discussion, and ways to overcome these concerns. Especially
since, as Cindy herself says, she has tried the 'private correspondence'
option and been unsatisfied with the result, or lack thereof. Instead, she
has been subject to "if you don't like the way we do things, then leave,"
which I'm afraid is counterproductive. Now I'm not the sharpest tool in the
shed, so to speak, but stifling one opinon which opposes the "ruling class"?
I would have thought that OTChatter *was* the place to discuss the running
of the lists.

I certainly enjoy the lists and have had no reason to have 'words' with
anyone, but the arbitrary unsubbing of people who disagree makes for a
frightening consideration.

Or perhaps I'm just wrong...

Nox (having a good long think...)