FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] FW: RE: FW: Virginia topics, please

["Cliff Otto" <317tcw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. William Leigh of Bridgewater has expressed his unhappiness upon 
learning that the list owner has unilaterally suspended posting 
privileges for two members who failed to heed his wishes that topics be 
limited to Virginia birding.

Mr. Leigh also suggested that "subset of Va birders could
have some voice in these decisions."

I started to point out my own experiences in being a list owner for a 
national organization, but eventually realized that all I need to point 
out is that with the state of the web today, anyone who wants to discuss 
issues can easily start their own forum for free.

However, I did find it necessary, at times, to suspend posting privileges 
for dues-paying members of my organization in order to keep the list 
operating as designed. The list I oversaw was research-oriented, and I 
had to suspend some for making up facts, but others because they wanted 
to argue about the politics of the organization. If you want to do that, 
then you move it to private email, set up your own forum, use an existing 
one set up for that purpose, or don't post.

Mr. Mocko owns this list and he can do as he sees fit, and I applaud his 
efforts to keep things on the track.

Clifford Otto
Alexandria
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