[74870] in North American Network Operators' Group
People being removed from the list and such
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Malayter, Christopher)
Mon Oct 18 22:21:08 2004
From: "Malayter, Christopher" <Christopher.Malayter@tdstelecom.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Cc: "'bburke@merit.edu'" <bburke@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:20:19 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
It has come to my attention that recently several people have been censored
from posting to the nanog@ list.
I find it a bit unusual that from such an open discussion list that
membership would be censored without notice and reason to the rest of the
membership.
I wouldn't normally be the one to post this, but the people who have been
censored in some cases I believe to be extremely valuable people to the
list.
My question is this: When people are removed/censored, be it temporary or
permanent, could we have a notice posted to the membership as to the person,
reason, and duration?
Also, I realize that this sounds odd, could we add an appeals process? The
idea of a single person with unilateral control over such a group, without
taking into consideration the needs and desires of the group, does not seem
fair. I believe that there is need for recourse in this community for a
person who is removed or censored unfairly.
Regards,
Chris Malayter
TDS Telecom - Network Services
Network Management and Operations
chris.malayter@tdstelecom.com
Phone: (608) 664-4878
FAX: (608) 664-4644
