AMEN to your comments. Why do people put non-PD poems and comments on
this site ? I get about 70 messages each day AND IMMEDIATELY DELETE ABOUT
65 OF THEM AS BEING NON PD IMPORTANT OR EVEN RELATED TO PD. SO THESE
MESAGES AE NOT EVEN READ!!!
writes:
> The Charter, with the guidelines contained in it, seemed to
> be quite effective ... for a while.
>
> For a while, traffic was manageable and most messages met
> the relevance & appropriateness criteria set out in the
> guidelines. In fact, it is probably true that
>
> traffic was manageable (and generally interesting and
> helpful) _because_ contributors were respecting the
> guidelines.
>
> But I seem to detect a drift. I've noted an increase in the
> flow of messages, by various contributors, that in my
> [humble?] opinion do not meet the stated criteria. Such
> messages clutter the list and are a mark of disrespect to
> the list-owner who presented us with very appropriate
> guidelines.
>
> If someone does not agree with some aspect of the
> guidelines, they can write to Barbara Patterson or to the
> list. That's OK. But it is not OK to simply ignore the
> guidelines.
>
> Ben Winter (ducking, running for cover, ...)