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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.org.us, Richard Franks writes:
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> > She raised the issue of membership, that is a positive step.
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> It would have been far more positive if she had contacted NELUG directly,
> rather than attempting to "shame" us into changing our policies by bringing it
> up with a wide crosspost on Lugnet.
If the original post was only sent to lugnet.org.us.nelug group then would that
have been acceptable?
> > In which the issue is addressed addressed maturely. Please try to refrain
> > from making personal comments as that does nothing to further the debate,
> > especially when they appear to be unfounded. It seems most likely to generate
> > more trolls given the circumstances :(
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> It was neither unfounded nor untopical.
You misread -- I never mentioned the topicity of the subject.
> It is founded (ie backed up) by the post she made- the way she thought it was
> appropriate to begin the discussion.
That's *your* read.
As a discussion group, I think it's entirely reasonable to cross-post to gauge
opinions.
Richard
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Certainly more acceptable. (...) No offense, but I really don't think the opinions of anyone but NELUG members really matter in this decision, so I really don't think it's necessar to gauge their opinions. eric (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: Age limitations
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| In lugnet.org.us, Richard Franks writes: <snip> I just read this whole subtree and I would like to reiterate Frank's call for setting followups on posts carefully. If what you are discussing is generic to all LUGs, it ought to be to org.us NOT to (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us)
| | | Re: Age limitations
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| (...) Yup, in hindsight, setting the followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug on this topic is likely to cause an ugly subtree, my bad. (...) I wondered about this before - why lugnet.org.us rather than lugnet.org? For reasons of law and liability I can (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Age limitations
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| (...) It would have been far more positive if she had contacted NELUG directly, rather than attempting to "shame" us into changing our policies by bringing it up with a wide crosspost on Lugnet. We are not hard people to get ahold of. Our webpage (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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