If people control themselves. There's been a fair few prominent members who've crossed not just charter lines but professional etiquette lines as well. Though if we get all Pharisaical about it the list will loose its potency. Maybe threads with a 'useless' (from the list member readers perspective) OP should just be ignored by them.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Mark Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><div><span><font size="3">Once off vetting, and then having people control themselves is going to be far less moderation effort than having a small set of moderators have to read each and every email and hit some of them on the head. The threat of losing your </font>privilege<font size="3"> of being able to participate should be enough to make people moderate themselves, or quickly stop if they are told by others that they've crossed the line.</font></span></div>
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<span><font size="3">If issues such as this one need to get into the public domain, they will indirectly.</font></span></div><div style="font-family:'bookman old style','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
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<div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> James Hodgkinson <<a href="mailto:yaleman@ricetek.net" target="_blank">yaleman@ricetek.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 14 April 2013 8:49 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AusNOG]
Understanding lack of Aus connectivity to <a href="http://melbournefreeuniversity.org" target="_blank">melbournefreeuniversity.org</a>.<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div dir="ltr">No reason to start a new list or "vet" people onto it, just get some moderators who slap down threads and make sure it stays on-topic :)<div>
<div><br></div><div>James</div></div><div><br><br><div>On 13 April 2013 18:28, Bevan Slattery <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:bevan@slattery.net.au" target="_blank">bevan@slattery.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> McDonald Richards <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:McDonald.Richards@vocus.com.au" target="_blank">McDonald.Richards@vocus.com.au</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Saturday, 13 April 2013 5:39 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Danny O'Brien <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:danny@spesh.com" target="_blank">danny@spesh.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>>, Nathan Nogic <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:nathan@mds.au.com" target="_blank">nathan@mds.au.com</a>><div>
<br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [AusNOG] Understanding lack of Aus connectivity to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://melbournefreeuniversity.org/" target="_blank">melbournefreeuniversity.org</a>.<br>
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<div><br></div><div><div><div>> The lack of response is less about conspiracy and more about apathy.</div></div></div></div></span><div><br></div><div>Yeah – However, my apathy is not because of journos but because Ausnog is no longer a network operators group, but a splinter of Whirlpool.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It feeling like trying to have an discussion of the NBN in a Whirlpool thread in 2010/11. Anyone for a true Network Operators Group email list? This is just tiring and filling up my inbox…</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
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