Tim... The face put forward by this list to the public is the least of our <<public worries>>. Nor does any potential detrimant to that face weigh up to the negatives created by employing a list moderator. Moderators are never, have never been, and indeed cannot possibly be objective enough and you will end up with a small click of like minded technicians patting each other on the back more then anything else. There are tendancies for this already.... as there are in any such community... cyber or otherwise. Sure there are flame wars from time to time... thats life and personally.... I find people or organizations that hide such natural tendancies to be suspicious from the get go. People argue and fight, then they turn around and have a beer together... head bashing has always taken on many forms and in the end it is these dynamics that bring out the best ideas. With respect RicB Tim Coates wrote: > Yes the PTG. Isn't your committee the controlling body of this > listserve and represents the PTG? So you have interest to change all > this? What are your plans? I have been dismissed before with the > feeling that this is the way it is and that's that about the state of > our listserves. > > Dave, I think I've told you before (correct me if I'm wrong) in > private emails that this forum and the other one (I think it's called > Pianotech or something like that) should not be public or at least > controlled by a moderator. Being public they represent the PTG > because the PTG is sponsoring them. The PTG should be putting it's > best foot forward to the public and many of the discussions do no such > thing for the PTG. People have flame wars that make technicians look > rude and narrow minded. I don't think that does our organization any > good to have that stuff out there for the public. There are details > discussed such as what started this discussion that don't look good to > the outsider. > > Tim Coates > University of South Dakota > University of Sioux Falls >
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