Re: People being removed from the list and such

[marc van hoof <mvh () marcvanhoof com>]

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