Come on people. Please take the squabble off-line. Thanks.
Larry E. Pate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
At 12:04 PM 5/27/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Robert:
>I guess I am a bit concerned that someone who espouses "cooperative
>communication" has so openly and immediately chastised someone for what
>obviously was an unintentional mistake of posting an article on the list. As
>a list member, occasional poster, and daily lurker, postings that come across
>as purely chastising events (you did not include information on copyrights)
>discourage open participation for the less confident participant. It adds to
>the risk involved with giving opinions, feedback, and the expansion of
>knowledge of everyone. As an author, I share your concerns, but there are
>alternatives to this response....
>1) send a message to the writer directly in a "coaching" tone: Are you
>aware.... or ... It might help you to know.... creating a learning
opportunity
>for her in a less disrupting venue.
>2) wait a few days to post "information" around copyrights to the general
list
>defusing the direct hit to the poster..... giving others the opportunity to
>learn from the posting.
>3) do both
>In living up to my suggestion, I often respond directly to writers to seek
and
>provide both myself and the originator opportunities to learn. And I
>acknowledge, with apologies, that this post may not be living up to my
>suggestion of posting directly.... but occasionally, justified or not, people
>get back what they give out....
>
>Jane Galloway Seiling
>419-227-7979 fax: 419-222-2002
>Lima, OH
>Author: The Membership Organization
> 1998 SHRM Book of the Year
>