Tim gave permission to forward his response. David On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Tim Stowell wrote: > At 08:18 AM 8/5/03 -1000, you wrote: > > > >If you are elected to be national coordinator, will you open up > >the ALL-list for all MEMBERS of the USGenWeb Project (CCs, TCs, Co-CCs, > >assistant CCs, SC, ASCs, archivists) to post freely, to start their own > >topics, to engage in debate? > > > >I would expect there to be some rules that everybody has to abide by > >in order to stay on the list, but free speech is the law of the land. > >A less structured mail list is desired by a lot of us. > > > >David > > > - re-open the -ALL list make it general - non-political - but open to all > members (members being defined as those who maintain/work with x county, > state or SP sites). > > - for the Discuss list, make the list political, open to all > members (members being defined as those who maintain/work with x county, > state or SP sites) > > - let the list managers for the other lists know that unless someone complains > with a valid point of mismanagement - unfairness in list administration - that > I will not interfere in their management one iota - and even in that event > only if > it is extremely urgent - a committee will decide the best method of > handling the > situation instead of a one person approach > > Tim >