[AccessD] Moderator Message

Andy,

You do a good job, you are just trying to corral a heard of cats.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Andy Lacey wrote:
> The Moderator's Lament
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> I kind of started this thread off by speaking to John B, and I'm glad I did.
> I feel the list has become unmoderatable, at least by me. I have neither the
> energy nor the inclination to intervene as often as it would need to keep
> the list on-topic. If the majority want the mod to show teeth, as said, and
> keep everyone in-line then that'll be someone else. Then again I think that
> sounds like another list anyway not ours. But we are definitely divided into
> 2 camps on this. FYI on the few occasions it all gets too much and I do
> intervene I get more howls of protest than thanks. That's not meant to sound
> like I'm asking for deep gratitude, I'm just reporting what happens.
> Personally, taking the mod hat off, I like the chat most of the time and
> have some sympathy with JC's stance that without the OT stuff there'd be
> nearly no stuff at all, but this thread is also showing that not everyone
> agrees. So we need a ruling on this from the BOD, and when we have that we
> need everyone to (more or less) abide by it.
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> I am a little mystified as to why the AccessD-Tech list is hardly used. It
> seems ideal for the non-Access and for the chit-chat. I suspect it fell into
> disuse because too few people subbed to it so that if you have a general
> (and sometime urgent) question the only way to get to a large audience is to
> go to AccessD. So why don't we rename it AccessD-NonAccess (or maybe, in
> homage to Wayne's World, AccessD-Not), put everyone on it automatically (the
> key word), and use it as the sister list for all of the stuff we're debating
> here? If everyone was on it wouldn't that work? And those who want just
> Access can filter it into the bin. I know it's not an original suggestion
> but I can't see why it wouldn't suit everyone. Ok, AccessD might then have
> little traffic, but OTOH it might get more, because the current email-soup
> may in fact be discouraging newbies. And those of us who enjoy the family
> ethos of the list would get that from NonAccess.
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> I'll end with a plea. Let's stay together, let's not change the overall
> atmosphere of the list(s) but let's be aware that some of the quieter voices
> deserve to be heard too.
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> Your ever/over tolerant moderator
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> Andy
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