Janet,
I too share in the opinion that you seem to run to "the list" for some
sort of perceived protection. You make public an email that was obviously
meant solely for you. That is indeed very childish and I wish that you
would stop!
Edward
janet paterson
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11/16/99 01:48 PM
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hi all
i offer the following in the spirit of sharing.
janet
At 14:09 1999/11/16 -0500, martha wrote to me:
>Dear Janet:
>I am offering the following in the spirit of helpful criticism,
>not with malice. Please accept it in that spirit.
>
>It really is unbecomming and unworthy of you to keep harping
>on your version of the circumstances of David Boots' departure
>from the PD list. Especially mean was your focus on letting
>all the newcomers know the rather slanted details of the
>happenings of some two years ago. Do give it a rest.
>
>I have been a member of this list since 1995 and was present
>during those days. I have also corresponded with David continuously
>since then, so I am privy to both sides of this seeming vendetta of
>yours.
>
>Actually, your rather bulky and rigid rules re directing messages
>to the list have turned a number of us off. Like most of the other
>members of the health care professions, I am no longer contributing
>and I am seldom rewarded by any gold among the heaps of dross.
>This list has drifted far away from the rich source of helpful
>information it once was.
>
>It would be much more profitable if you would focus your attention
>on the many personal messages that abuse the purpose of the list. You
>are very good at blasting the snake oil purveyors off the list. Why
>not do the same for the chronic abusers who persist in sending their
>personal chatter to the entire world-wide list AND to the archives
>where they will reside forever.
>
>Your device of using a small "i" rather than the traditional
>capital would seem to indicate a retiring personality with low
>self-esteem rampant. Obviously that is not the case. Quite the
>opposite. Your way or off with your head SEEMS to be more the case.
>It is particularly harmful to encourage the hurtful derisive epithets
>of "list police" etc., when any of us dares to complain about the flood
>of nattering trivia that chronically infests the list. As list duenna,
>you can stop it with gentle but firm reminders of list courtesy. It is
>unfair to demand that busy professionals who are on the list to learn or
>offer help "Just delete", while continuing to allow the very abuse that
>many are complaining about. We have lost many of the voices that have
>been so helpful in the past. Where is Ida? Doc Faye? Our pharmacist?
>etc. We don't need another chat room.
>
>So count me among the many others who are distressed and grumpy about
>the direction things are going under your guidance. Your messages from
>Bermuda revealed a very different personality than we have seen since
>you returned to Canada. What happened to that delightful person?
>
>Trying to understand....
>Martha
>
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