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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: [LO] Let list admins control gateway (was: How About ...)
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:08:08 -0600
In-Reply-To: <a5.23910c05.29b039dd@aol.com>


At 08:56 PM 2/28/02 -0500, wrote:

[snip]
> When you really stop
>and think about it--what effect does having the gateway ON OR OFF have on the
>*board* or on the *board admin*? None at all other than having the little
>yellow envelope icon and the blurb about the messages also being posted to
>the list--that's it. The authors of the posts own their posts and as long as
>THEY are informed that their posts are being gatewayed (or aren't) I see no
>reason why the board admins need to agree--because gatewaying has NO effect
>whatsoever on how they maintain their boards.
>
>The list admin and list subscribers are the ones affected directly by the
>gateway. We already allow the list admin single-handedly to write to board
>staff to turn the gateway OFF without consulting the board admin--so why not
>allow the list admin to turn the gateway on (perhaps all in one step) from
>the list Tools page Customize Settings box? Such a policy would simplify
>matters greatly for admins and for staff and shouldn't interfere with
>anyone's control and management of their lists and boards. The board admin
>doesn't own the posts on their boards--so why should they control the
>gateway? The gateway is primarily a list thing--and in my opinion the
>decision whether or not to use the gateway should be in the hands of the list
>admin. The only part of the gateway process that I can see requiring staff
>intervention is the pairing process.
[snip]

Joan:

You are attempting to inject light, hope, and sanity into the gateway
process. Cynicism suggests you are doomed to failure. I'd rather be an
optimist. To whom can we write that would have the greatest impact?

Darrell


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