On Wednesday 30 October 2002 00:08, Marvin Dickens wrote: > This thread has been If you want the thread to go away, don't contribute to it. As for taking it off list, I can't think of a better place to discuss the conduct of this list than on this list. In any properly-run meeting, the most important (highest-priority) motions are those to do with the running of the meeting itself; how can you possibly make decision about whether to raise membership fees unless you're agreed on how to make the decision? Unlike a properly-run meeting, this list lacks a chairman with the power to evict the unruly, or a sargeant-at-arms to effect such a decision. However, in many respects a maling list is a special kind of meeting and we must have and agree to rules for its conduct. To an extent, those with the knowledge to impart and the esire to impart it have the edge over those lacking the knowledge; if we're sufficiently offended we can just leave. -- Cheers John
