If I can make a comment as a member of the fourth estate and someone who tries to live by the charter, I will make several points.<br><br>1) Being on this list makes me more technically literate and helps improve the quality of technology journalism in CommsDay. I'm sure you would all agree that journalists all need help in that area.<br>
<br>2) If someone transgresses the charter they should be individually barred. We don't ban an entire racial minority from something because some people in their group trangress laws. I live in Thailand and we are seeing the consequences of that type of group think on the streets currently.<br>
<br>3) The minute you commit something to email it is no longer private. The number of forwarded private emails I get as a journalist is staggering. On AusNOG you know I am here. A closed list? I might still see your titillating emails without you knowing and no longer feel bound by your house rules. I probably get forwarded over 500 "private" emails a year. People aren't very ethical like that. Sad but true. If you decide to go all licentious in your now "apparently closed list" emails you will probably get a bigger audience not a smaller one.<br>
<br>4) If ten people on this list say their Optus link is down I am not sure as a journalist I would bug you for more info. I would bug Optus. That is not me using the list for "leads", that is me making an observation that a carrier probably should be asked for restoration information to help them communicate to their customer base. I would probably find out from sources other than this list anyhow.<br>
<br>5) I was originally invited on to this list by a co-founder and I support AusNOG's annual event through media promotion and other forms of support. I would hate to be regarded as an "enemy of the state"<br>
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