Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[Brian McKee]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>> The one thing missing from that is likely rules for the moderators themselves...

> Again, a performance metric for moderators would likely handle that.

There's an interesting thought - but how the heck do you measure it?

>> Here's a thought - How about an ubuntu-users moderation  list?  Yes,
>> it's another list :-(  But on the bright side it should keep a lot of the discussion about
>> discussions off this list, which is part of the point right?
>> The moderation discussion list would be free for anyone to join and
>> the moderators would have to commit to only ever discussing moderation
>> issues on that list.

> I don't mind that idea, if it's a matter of protocol or examining new
> circumstances, but those decisions still need to be disseminated to all
> list members.

Wouldn't that leave any members who wanted to know free to sign up to
that list without forcing the noise on those that would prefer not to hear it?

>> I have a very strong issue with any sort of moderation where the
>> discussion isn't out in the wide open for anyone who cares to look.

Another half baked thought - how about 'grey listed' posters stuff
goes to the moderators list without delay.
Thus, if someone disagreed with a particular member being greylisted,
he could still see what that person posted without delay.

Brian

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