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From: "Gordon & Sherry" <>
Subject: List administration
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:10:48 -0400



Well, it certainly is clear to me that everyone administers their lists in
different ways. Which is not to say that any are wrong-- just different.

I disagree about the virus warnings. I feel the same way about Joke
Forwards. I don't know about you, but I get enough spam and junk in my
Inbox, as do others. It seems as though everyone with whom I share
genealogical info feels compelled to put me on their "Forward" lists
without
asking me first. My lists should be and ARE a safe haven from this type of
e-mail. If there is indeed a serious virus going around, it is most likely
in the news and people need to stay informed on their own. I believe that
there is a list on Rootsweb just for virus warnings-- I could be wrong
about
this. It seems to me that virus warnings very often are much ado about
nothing, and only serve to clog up Rootsweb's servers. Can you imagine
someone sending a virus warning to the seven Rootsweb lists he is on, with
the instructions to "pass it on to all of the other Rootsweb lists you are
on"?

In any case, I an adamant about no virus warnings or joke forwards (unless
they are genealogy related) sent to my list. Neither are helpful to anyone
in the pursuit of family.

Sherry

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Helen <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:39 AM
> Subject: Re: Help!
>
>
> > Valorie and All,
> >
> > I absolutely agree, Valorie, that List Members should
> > be make to feel that they list is THEIRS, not the List
> > Administrators. Bear with me through an example, an issue
> > we all face. Instead of forbidding virus warnings, a type
> > of Off-Topic posting that is useful to the list, I posted
> > a message asking list members to express their preferences
> > to me privately, assuring that The Majority Would Rule. I
> > guaranteed that I would verify that all such warnings were
> > serious threats before posting. The overwhelming majority
> > asked for such warnings, and those who objected accepted
> > the "majority rule" more readily than if I had taken a
> > position.
> >
> > In defining the role of a listowner or list administrator, I
> > feel that the key is Leadership rather than Rulership.
> >
> > Helen
> >
> >
>

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