[TowerTalk] Towertalk Admin Change

[n4kg@juno.com]

I concur with Pete and Steve.  IMHO, TowerTalk is the 
best reflector going.  Let it be free.  The ONLY heavy-
handness I have ever experienced on TT has come from
the sponsor, and yes, it did reduce my inputs.  

de  Tom  N4KG
.......................

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 11:35:02 EST K7LXC@aol.com writes:
> 
> In a message dated 98-11-16 16:09:20 EST, n4zr@contesting.com 
> writes:
> 
> > >Pete, N4ZR and I are not on the same page as to the direction of 
> this reflector.  Pete is more inclined to less or no censorship.  I 
> am inclined to moderate the list completely.  Regardless, our
difference of 
> opinion has prompted Pete to resign as admin of the reflector.  
> >  >
> >  >If you have interest in doing the job please let me know.  I 
> have only one requirement...  You must be willing to keep the 
> reflector on  topic.
> >  
> >  Bill, I was with you till that last half-sentence.  
> >  
> >  I did not want to "moderate" the reflector  -- interposing myself 
> between  every message and the list -- for two reasons.  
> >  
> >  First, I have a basic philosophical discomfort with prior 
> restraint of speech.  My preferred mode of operation was to 
> message people  directly and,   occasionally, to post a public 
> request that a given thread be  discontinued. 
> >   
> >  Second, because I have a real job, acting as moderator would 
> often impose   some delay in the posting of messages on the reflector, 
> resulting  in missed  deadlines for needed information and, probably, 
> some degree of  double- posting.
> >  
> >  Bill doesn't feel my approach is firm enough, and the reflector 
> exists  through his generosity, so he gets to decide.
> 
>      TowerTalk is a unique resource. Anyone can ask a question 
> (there's no > such thing as a dumb one) and get mostly credible 
> answers. There is  a > noticeable lack of spamming, name calling, 
> etc. because almost  everyone acts  their age and respects their 
> fellow TowerTalkians. Outbursts are  rare and end 
> pretty quickly. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT!
> 
>  I was the original administrator for TowerTalk and did it for  2-1/2 
> years. I found that threads that started to go off-topic fizzled out 
> about  the same time whether I got all hot-and-bothered about 
> them or just  let them  die a natural death so I took the route that 
> entailed the least  mental and  physical toll.
> 
>     I'm not in favor of a moderated list for the same reasons that 
> Pete  states - it's a helluva lot of work and I also would prefer not
to 
> have TT  traffic censored. 
> 
>     IMO TowerTalk isn't broken and doesn't need to be fixed. Please 
> let's  leave it unmoderated.
> 
> Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC
> Tower Tech 
> 
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