[74871] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: People being removed from the list and such
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (marc van hoof)
Mon Oct 18 22:25:09 2004
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:26:29 +1000 (EST)
From: marc van hoof <mvh@marcvanhoof.com>
To: "Malayter, Christopher" <Christopher.Malayter@tdstelecom.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>,
"'bburke@merit.edu'" <bburke@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <7F14AEA6809DD511BA1B00508BBE584E05A7871A@msg017.teldta.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
uh oh - i think that may have been chris's last email
8-)
-marc.
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Malayter, Christopher wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
