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Hi Tennessee, Scott and others, <br>
Firstly thanks for taking the time to provide such a considered and
well thought out set of suggestions, and my apologies for taking
such a long time to respond. <br>
<br>
Trying to pick up the different threads here and turn them into
decision points/motions:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Motion to change mailing list policy: </b><b><br>
</b><b>That a clause be added to the policy requiring that
Moderators contact List Members who are banned from a list</b><br>
<br>
Thoughts: this would *generally* be sensible but I see cases where
it wouldn't work - for instance where if a Member was behaving
inappropriately and a Moderator contacted him/her and the Member was
then abusive toward a Moderator. My feeling is that this would be a
'good practice' for Moderators but that we shouldn't embody it in
policy. <br>
<br>
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</b><b><br>
</b><b>Motion to change mailing list policy: </b><b><br>
</b><b>That a clause be added to the mailing list policy requiring
that </b><b>moderation occur on-list</b><br>
<br>
Thoughts: I concur with Tennessee's thoughts here - this may not be
suitable for all lists or all situations. <br>
<br>
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<b>Motion to change mailing list policy: </b><b><br>
</b><b>That a clause be added to the mailing list policy requiring
that bans be publicised </b><br>
<br>
Thoughts: as per the above - this may not be suitable or all lists
or all situations. <br>
<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>Motion to change mailing list policy: </b><b><br>
</b><b>That list members be required to acknowledge or accept terms
or conditions when signing up to a list</b><br>
<br>
Thoughts: I feel we should have a statement at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo">http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo</a> around our list policy and the
expected behaviour - so it's clear or anyone signing up. <br>
We should also include a link to mail list policy in the 'standard'
footer of all mailing lists. <br>
However, this requires admin time to execute, and I'm acutely aware
of how stretched the Admin Team is currently. <br>
<br>
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Of course, as always very open to hearing the thoughts of others, or
of putting any or all motions here to a vote by Council. <br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Kathy<br>
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