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

[Iggy McSnurd]

I'm not going to state my personal views.  Instead, I'll simply state that I
see both sides.

One side wants to see that the list is run in such a way in which the admin
has a certain amount of accountability to the members.  This is not an
unreasonable option, but is not a required one as well.  I have seen lists
run well both ways, and run poorly both ways as well.

The other side wants to make sure that they feel nobody is deliberately
trying to lower the morale on here, and they feel that a letter of that
nature is bad for morale because it is a direct challenge to their authority
despite apparent prior attempts to resolve the issue in private.


Personally, I have a couple of things I'd like to see changed, but I am
working in my own way to try and help see that it gets attention from the
admins, and I'm discussing it with them in private.


Ultimately, we have a voice that the admins have no power over.  If we don't
like the list, we have the option of leaving and joining or making another
one.

That's not to say that "If you don't like it here, don't try to change it,
just leave."  But it *is* saying that I think the Admins understand that if
they run things too poorly here, they'll drive away all the members who care
about this place and end up with nothing but newbies who post only tripe.


Personally, like I said before, I've seen lists run well in both formats.
Despotism is bad, but having too much accountability is as well.


Iggy McSnurd