If E wants to resign from the list, and her announcement indicated that it was her choice, it is her right to do so, but I am not pleased to see her go either. She is a bit blunt, or as you put it, brusque, but if one takes her words literally without reading anything into them she shows no signs of hostility or intention to offend. I have noticed that on various email lists there is a strong tendency to read things into posts that are not said. Literal mindedness can be a virtue and it is not necessary to be thin skinned. "The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. " Leon Trotsky The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 7 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: resigning from the volunteer list Date: 9/9/2009 1:40:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: popularplace@xxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end I don't think E should resign from the lists. I read almost all the posts and have been for years; generally the only ones I skip are the ones that deal with technology about which I have no expertise. E's posts are sometimes a bit brusque--it's her way of writing, but she has learned to soften them and I see that she tries. Never has there been inappropriate language, i.e., swearing or name-calling , and those, to me, from what I have seen on other email lists or chat rooms, are the only things that I would call inappropriate in posts. If someone doesn't like the tone of her posts, when they see in the From space that the post is from her, they can just delete before reading it. P Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Tue, 9/8/09, E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: block quote From: E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] resigning from the volunteer list To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 4:54 PM I have been a member of this list pretty much continuously since 2003. Pavi just sent me a note saying she had received feedback regarding messages I have recently sent to the list which some other volunteers have judged to be inappropriate. This is kind of personal I know. What is appropriate for one person may not be for another. Rather than unintentionally offending anybody, I am resigning from the volunteer list. Elizabeth who often signs myself as E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. block quote end ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115& bcd=JulystepsfooterNO115)