[6245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internic address allocation policy (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Thu Nov 21 04:24:39 1996
To: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@unety.net>
cc: Kim Hubbard <kimh@internic.net>, "cym@acrux.net" <cym@acrux.net>,
"David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>,
"nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:22:43 CST."
<01BBD6CC.C4E16980@webster.unety.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:15:18 +0900
From: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>
Jim,
>Also, I suggest that people be informed of the IRE Mailing List
>policies. When I joined the list, I was told by the list operator,
>Mr. David Conrad, that some people on the list requested that
>I "quietly be removed".
This was, according to the people who sent me mail after one of your
many diatribes, due to your performances on various other mailing
lists (newdom@iiia.org in particular). The people who asked that I
remove you from the list did so because they felt you were incapable
of either being productive or acting rationally.
>Instead of removing my name, Mr. Conrad and I agreed that
>it would be best if I not post to the list.
Actually, I believe the agreement was that you were free to post to
the list if you could be constructive.
>I think that people should
>be told that some people on the list would like to be able to
>control who participates.
Well, yes -- in general, mailing lists with a specific task would like
people who can productively contribute to that task and who can
refrain from being needlessly inflamatory and/or posting irrelevant
diatribes. Very simply, if you can't work and play well with others,
you will likely find yourself unwelcome.
>People should read the exchanges on
>the list with that in mind, and should probably also be cautious
>when they post to the list, because they might be "quietly removed".
As I mentioned publicly, I am very hesitant to take such actions as I
prefer to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. However, as I
believe it is the responsibility of a working group chair to insure a
working group remains focused on the tasks at hand, people who cannot
will be removed as a last resort. Sorry if this offends.
Regards,
-drc
