Conference 7.286::digital

    re .0:
    
    	If you have concerns that the policy with regard to "Proper
    Use" is being violated, wouldn't it be a matter of courtesy to take
    that up with the author of the "offending" note(s) rather than others?
    
    grins,
    Marge
    

    Re: .0 -
    
    Does it REALLY take you 582 lines of extracts to get your point
    across????  If I wanted to read the Christianity conference, I'd
    do it in that conference, not here in DIGITAL notes.
    
    Have a heart!

    Al

re .4: NEXUS::MORGAN
    
    	It would appear from the attached that (your) concerns have
    not gone unheeded... I suggest a cooling off period during which
    the moderators are given time to implement the changes they have
    outlined.  At that point, a discussion of whether the changes are
    far-reaching enough would be appropriate, but not now.
    
    Marge
    
    
    
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    I have write locked this conference temporarily, so that Paul and I as
    co-moderators can get together about what to do with this conference.
    Also to allow a cooling down period for Paul & Myself and other involed
    in our resent problem.  Hopefully any misunderstanding can be cleared
    up quickly, (hopefully in about a week or so).

    						Rob
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    In view of the resent occurrences, we (the moderators) are making
    preparations for the possibility of making this conference read-only.
    Please note that we will NOT be taking this action at this time.  We
    simply wish to be ready to do so, in case we deem it necessary. 

    With this in mind, we ask that those of you who are in a read-only
    access mode in this file to request to be added to the membership.
    Anyone who has ever written to this conference has already been added
    as a member. 

    On Monday, this conference will be write enabled again, and opened to
    the public. Any notes that the moderators deem inappropriate will be
    set hidden, followed by discussion with the note's author, after which
    it will be determined to either set the note readable or deleted. 

    In cases where anyone is unwilling to obey these private warnings, they
    will face their notes being deleted without warning. 

    Beginning Monday, this conference will be moderated with a more
    watchful eye. 

    Neither Paul nor I wish to make this conference members only.  That is
    strictly a last resort measure at this time.  If we make this
    conference "members only", any one can become a member, no membership
    request will be rejected. In such a case, the only way that a
    membership will be able to be lost will be if similar incidents (as
    have transpired here in this file recently) should be repeated in the
    new conference format. 

    						Doing all for His Glory
						Rob and Paul

    P.S.  Just to repeat:  If you have ever written to this conference, you
    are already a member.  Any others are asked to send your membership
    requests to MED::MIREIDER.  If you are not sure that you are a member,
    any time you are in this conference, at the prompt, type 

        	SHOW MEMBER your user name <CR>	
    or just 
    		SHOW MEMBER <CR> 

    to see a complete listing of all member names.

    Disregarding personal opinion of religions and views expressed
    about same - it is a serious breach of noting etiquette to extract
    messages from one conference and post them to another without first
    getting permission from the notes authors.  Furthermore, it is even
    worse that you do so to support your own personal bias against
    certain notes in the conference.
    
    I agree with Marge - if you don't like what is written in a conference,
    take it up with the authors and then the moderators.  Do not use
    the rest of us as your kangaroo court.  If you persist in doing
    so, you raise the serious threat of having all employee interest
    conferences shut down.  Wanting certain conferences to be
    members-only, presumeably only for members who match your particular
    viewpoint, will not be tolerated by the corporation - that much
    has already been made clear to us.
    
    				Steve

    The style and examples included in this note are not proper noting
    etiquette. As a result, I have hidden the inappropriate notes and
    set this topic to /NOWRITE.
    
    If you want to discuss the subject of appropriate use of Digital's
    information resources, fine. But please do not quote others without
    their permission.
    
    If you want to discuss exactly what constitutes reasonable quoting,
    then I suggest you take that up in HUMAN::ETIQUETTE.
    
    				-Sincerely, HUMAN::DIGITAL owner