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Re: wish's - Contest canceled
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:31:04 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > Believe me, I understand. My life goal has always been to be a type B
> > person. I'm not there yet. Please note that I suggested that we *all*
> > take a timeout.
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> By *all* do you really mean all? As in shutting the discussion groups
> down for a period of time? That would be awfully unfair to innocent
> bystanders. Or do you mean all involved in these recent threads?
Todd,
Thanks for the reply. I was referring to all involved in these recent
threads. Thanks for checking. I was not suggesting that the folks in this
thread have their posting priveleges suspended, but rather we each voluntarily
suspend ourselves until we've cooled off.
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> > As much as I love lugnet, I would not volunteer to be an Admin. I do
> > not have the patience needed to be a good admin. Larry's patience has
> > been worn thin for weeks now. He is about as far as one can get from
> > 'Buddha' response. Am I the only one that sees this?
>
> Well, Larry himself has said that his patience had worn thin, and I think
> we all saw that post.
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> > He contributes a lot to LUGNET, and still has much to give, but I submit
> > that it would be best served not in the role of an Admin.
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> There are many aspects of "Admin" duties that Larry has been carrying out
> for months without (to my knowledge) ruffling anyone's feathers. Realize
> that administering posting privileges is only one aspect of what "Admin"
> means. For Larry to be pushed away from Admin roles altogther would be a
> grand mistake in my mind. I acknowledge and respect your right to your
> opinion, but I think LUGNET would be much better served by a set of more
> formal rules and procedures defining what powers an admin has, what's
> expected of them in terms of tasks and conduct, and clear steps to take
> if these rules are not followed. Clearly, then, judgments can be more
> objective.
My apologies, I am unaware of the roles of Admin that are invisible to me.
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> > That is what we are trying to get you to notice.
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> Thank you for taking the time to express these sentiments in such a
> thorough and thoughtful way.
You are welcome.
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> > Chris' transgressions seem to be blinding the lugnet powers to Larry's
> > transgressions.
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> We're closely following everything that's being said on these threads and
> attempting to understand and put into perspective all of the various
> viewpoints.
Thanks to you and the Admin team for your efforts.
>
> --Todd
Kevin
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