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  • 1.  To moderate or not to moderate, is that the question

    Posted 11-28-1999 07:05
    I'll readily admit right from the start that I don't contribute much to this list. I'm a lurker.
    I am however pretty disturbed by what has transpired here in the past few days. It's not about attachments, it's not about email length and duplicate entries and not deleting before you hit the send button on a reply. It's not even about moderating.
    It's about treating each other with respect, even though we may disagree. What I have seen posted here, by several people, reminds me of how my children used to respond to each other....name calling and innuendo.
    I thought as professionals we might all behave better than that.

    I for one thank Charlie for running this as a unmoderated board. I don't want censors, even if it means reading one professional calling another professional names.
    I don't personally open attachments, I got virus that way not long ago. But I certainly don't find it burdensome to hit the delete key. Nor do I find it particularly creates a hardship to erase and or delete the duplicate parts of messages that have been retransmitted.

    Maybe we can return to the discussion of management education and training??

    I, for one, hope so.

    Ken Miller, ABD
    Instructor, Health Care Administration and Management
    Massey School of Business
    The College of West Virginia


  • 2.  To moderate or not to moderate, is that the question

    Posted 11-28-1999 07:28
    I'm with Ken.
    In my view attachments in abstracto are bad, and I never open them. But I do not find them burdensome, as yet. I still get bugs in attachments from people I know. I also have come to conclusion that this issue is 'essentially contested' and people stick with their choice.

    So, let get on with it - the education and development that is. In this vein, I would appreciate a (good, even excellent practical, yet 'sophisticated') ref. for analysing organisational problems, dysfunctional systems etc and remedial action(s). Not asking for much
    eh!@**?

    Thanx

    Dave
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    Ken Miller wrote:

    > I'll readily admit right from the start that I don't contribute much to this list. I'm a lurker.
    > I am however pretty disturbed by what has transpired here in the past few days. It's not about attachments, it's not about email length and duplicate entries and not deleting before you hit the send button on a reply. It's not even about moderating.
    > It's about treating each other with respect, even though we may disagree. What I have seen posted here, by several people, reminds me of how my children used to respond to each other....name calling and innuendo.
    > I thought as professionals we might all behave better than that.
    >
    > I for one thank Charlie for running this as a unmoderated board. I don't want censors, even if it means reading one professional calling another professional names.
    > I don't personally open attachments, I got virus that way not long ago. But I certainly don't find it burdensome to hit the delete key. Nor do I find it particularly creates a hardship to erase and or delete the duplicate parts of messages that have been retransmitted.
    >
    > Maybe we can return to the discussion of management education and training??
    >
    > I, for one, hope so.
    >
    > Ken Miller, ABD
    > Instructor, Health Care Administration and Management
    > Massey School of Business
    > The College of West Virginia

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