Re: [ga] The GA Mailing List.

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Sotiropoulos:

Very interesting comments - very interesting approach.

cheers
joe baptista

Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> Dear Subscribers,
>
> A few comments from the Chair...
>
> In the interest of bandwidth conservation and general mitigation of inbox
> annoyance(s), please do not instinctively hit the "Reply to All" button in
> your email client as this can be misconstrued as bad netiquette; instead,
> reply only to the ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx email only when addressing subscribers
> to this mailing list unless the message in question is also to be
> cross-posted in some other mailing list. Thank you in advance for this
> small consideration.
>
> As a result of the recent onlist debacle which I will not dignify by
> labelling it as an "election", I have found it necessary to step forward
> and provide some guidance out of this mess. Those of you who have been on
> this list for longer than the past couple days are probably aware that
> several months ago I begged off participating in the co-chairing of this
> list for personal reasons, one of which included an extended absence for
> which I unsubscribed from the ML. During the last "election" by which Mr.
> Dierker and I were (to all intents and purposes) provided with a mandate,
> if you will, of 'chairing' this ML, I voiced my concerns about Mr.
> Dierker's suitability for any such undertaking – both onlist and to
> him, offlist.  At the time, although  I gave in and offered Mr. Dierker
> every benefit of the doubt, I soon saw what direction his 'chairmanship'
> was to develop along: that of consolidating an administrative position, as
> opposed to the collation and presentation of thoughtful, engendered and
> relevant discussion papers on issues that pertain to the purposes of this
> list.
>
> So, what do I have in mind?  First off, I'd like a show of 'hands' from
> the subscribers (this likely means you) who see some value in producing
> cross-constituency and stakeholder discussion reports to address issues
> that relate to the purposes of this list.  This would inevitably require
> some de facto organizational status to effect, so please keep that in
> mind. Don't be shy, let's see who is still here on principle as opposed to
> caprice.  Once we have ascertained that there is a common purpose, we can
> proceed accordingly.
>
> Amiably,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> Chair
>
>
>
>  

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