Dear Hal,


No fowl language? So we can't talk about birds on the list; birds as in
ducks, geese, warblers etc?

Just kidding. I know what you mean and quite agree with the sentiment of
your message.


Cheers,

Wolfram


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karlsson, Hal
> Sent: 08 October 2004 05:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ListAdmin: Enough!
>
>
> Dear fellow isochemists,
>
> After being a member of this list for a long time this is the
> first time I have seen offensive of off-track messages like
> these.  Of course there have been the occational "ups I hit
> the general reply button" snafus.
>
> I familar with other groups that share common interests in
> general  a very simple rule - no politics,  no religion, no
> sexist remarks, no dirty jokes, no fowl language, no
> hatemongering of any kind.  Offenders are summarily removed
> from the list by the admins (some of these even include paid
> membership, .e.g chess internet sites, were offenders get
> kicked out and don't get reimbursed and may even be banned
> from the list/site for a good while if not permanently).
>
> I don't recall if Andrea had an agrement in there somewhere
> that you had to agree to when you join but it is probably
> simple to add a clause and then specify consequences.  If
> don't don't agree with these "rules of engagement" then your
> off the list - it should be that simple.
>
> I think its quite remarkable that we have not have any such
> "incidences" before considering the great number of members
> on this list and the time its been around.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hal Karlsson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry on behalf of Andrea Lini
> Sent: Thu 10/7/2004 8:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ISOGEOCHEM] From ListAdmin: Enough!
>
> Dear members of the Isogeochem forum,
> I did contact Michael Leary yesterday after the
> "incident"  and with his latest postings he has
> tried to explain what happened. I trust that he
> is well aware of the negative response generated
> by his messages. SoS..please let's move on now!!!
> Thank you,
> Andrea Lini
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> University of Vermont
> Burlington, VT 05405 U.S.A.
> Phone: (802) 656 02 45, Fax:   (802) 656 00 45
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