[TowerTalk] Towertalk Admin Change
Tom Barber
trbarber@earthling.net
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:13:07 -0800
Great Ideas Dave,
I personally never thought of changing the colors to change the emphasis.
Thanks for the new Idea. Folks, this is what I love about this list...new
and better Ideas.
Thanks,
Tom KK7PX
"May all your signals be rare DX"
-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis, David B <david.b.curtis@intel.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Towertalk Admin Change
>
>Moderation is not necessary -- TT is not spammed with adverts, etc.
>Censorship has no place here.
>
>Speaking as someone who deals in large volumes of e-mail every day, let me
>whisper one word to you all: filters.
>
>Eudora and Outlook both support filters. I'm sure other e-mail programs do
>as well. Send TT to a folder of it's own. Sort by subject. Automatically
>delete mail from known bone-heads (don't worry, you won't miss anything...
>if they *do* happen to say something worthwhile, someone else will comment
>on it and you will see that). Turn mail from smart guys a different color.
>
>For my work e-mail I have folders per meeting/project, different colors for
>my boss, my team, for mail where I'm only CC'ed, for mail where I'm the
only
>person on the TO: list. TT gets its own folder and it's own treatment.
>
>Yes, the volume on TT is large. This is an opportunity to learn how to use
>your mailer.
>
>*stepping off soapbox now*
>
>73, Dave N6NZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: N2TK [mailto:n2tk@earthlink.net]
>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 3:36 AM
>To: K7LXC@aol.com; n4zr@contesting.com; towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Towertalk Admin Change
>
>
>
>I also concur with Pete and Steve on this. I had a question censored about
>preamps on the low bands, which turned out to be of interest to others.
Less
>intereference is better
>
>Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
>[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
>Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 11:35 AM
>To: n4zr@contesting.com; towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Towertalk Admin Change
>
>
>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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