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From: "George Waller" <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD] Motion 07-18
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:27:56 -0400
In-Reply-To: <jmmbsg.ofdoqj@webmail.fidnet.com>


My discussion:

I am unsure whether I want to belong to an organization which has
such draconian and arbitrary rules. Rule 4.d is an abomination and
is a contradiction to the U.S. Bill of Rights.

This motion is a knee-jerk 9-11 type reaction to an admittedly vile
outbreak of politics on -DISCUSS. That outbreak was stopped after a
reasonable set of rules was installed by the NC.

A set of rules including *years* of banning is ridiculous and
indicative of a mentality of ultra-control-freaking.

These rules will result in the protection of those in power and
prevent honest and open discussion of USGenWeb policies.

I hereby resign as co-moderator of USGenWeb-DISCUSS

George
NENC SC Rep


On 11 Aug 2007 at 11:43, wrote:

> It has been moved by Greta Thompson and seconded by Linda Blum-Barton
> that:
>
> the USGenWeb Standard Rules be amended to include
> a section on "Mailing Lists Managed by the Advisory Board." This
> section would include the following:
>
> 1. The RootsWeb lists managed by the AB are All, Board, Board-Exec,
> Discuss, NENC, NWPL, SEMA, SWSC, and State Coordinators.
>
> 2. Administration of the lists
> a. The National Coordinator will personally administer All, Board,
> Board-Exec, and State Coordinators. In the absence of the NC the
> person acting for the NC will administer these lists. [USGenWeb
> Standard Rules, Section VIII]. b. The Representative-at-Large will
> ordinarily administer Discuss. c. At the beginning of his/her term of
> office the National Coordinator will appoint AB representatives from
> the regions to administer the regional lists (NENC, NWPL, SEMA, and
> SWSC). d. For good cause the NC with the advice and assistance of the
> AB may delegate the administration of a list to another member of the
> project. e. A list may be moderated for due cause for a period not to
> exceed two weeks.
>
> 3. Membership
> a. Board, All, and Discuss are open to every member in good standing
> of USGenWeb. Board and All are read-only lists for everyone but the
> elected representatives of the AB. At the discretion of the list
> owner, a member not in good standing may be subscribed as a read-only
> member of a non-archived list. b. The members of Board-Exec will be
> limited to the elected representatives
>
> of the Advisory Board.
> c. The members of the State Coordinators list will be limited to
> State Coordinators, Assistant State Coordinators, and the
> Representative-at-Large.
>
> 4. Management of the lists
> a. The discussion on all of these lists will focus on project issues
> and will be civil in tone and content. The definition of what is
> "civil in tone and content" will be determined by the administrator.
> b. Under no circumstances will a list member be permitted to make
> derogatory or
>
> offensive remarks, whether open or veiled, about individuals. The
> first violation of this rule will result in being moderated for one
> month. The second violation will result in being banned from the list
> for a period of twelve months, The third violation will result in beng
> banned from the list for a period of five years. If he or she is
> required by USGenWebWeb to be subscribed to the list, s/he will have
> read-only status for a period of twelve months for the second
> violation and for a period of five years for the third violation. c.
> The decision of the list administrator may be appealed by the member
> affected on the grounds, and only on the grounds, that the established
> rules were not followed. The appeal must be made within one week of
> the decision. The Advisory Board will review the appeal on Board-Exec
> and issue a decision within one week of receiving it. The AB's
> decision will be final, that is, no other appeals regarding that
> decision, either from the affected member or any another individual,
> will be heard by the AB or the USGenWeb Grievance Committee. d.
> Repeated instances of personal attacks on members of USGenWeb in any
> public forum will result in the person making the attack being banned
> from USGenWeb mailing lists for a period of one to five years.
>
>
> This motion is numbered 07-18 and is now open for discussion.
>
> Larry Flesher
> Acting chair
>
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