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Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:53:30 -0500
Reply-To:     dvdclarksn@AOL.COM
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From:         David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Regarding Jim's resignation
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I am truly sorry so see Jim's letter of resignation. What a thankless job he had. Being on a moderator on this list should not require so much babysitting of the members who cannot follow the simple rules that the members agreed upon long ago. Every one has thier limits and we have obviously pushed Jim beyond those limits. Maybe the next moderator will not be so tolerant of off topic discussions and simply banish repeat offenders from the list. The issue as I see it that Jim was trying to stress to us all was not simply that may topics were not relevant or of no interest to the majority of the list or could be discussed via p-mail. The underlying problem is with the bandwidth and memory involved when all of this off-topic material needs to be shelved away in the vnagon.com archives. It then becomes an issue for everyone that uses the archives by slowing down searches with more info to search not to mention the fact that memory costs money and the list relies on contributions from invividual members to remain viable. i see this list as sort of a virtual classroom with most on the list being anxious to learn from others shared experiences. Ocassionally there are those in the class that will "act up" and disrupt the reason that the rest of us are here. These individuals are then called out by the principal (moderator) and asked to refain from these practices. The new moderator may not coddle and beg those that do not follow the rules to change their ways. There is the possibility that no one would want the moderator position then what happens to this list. Let's police ourselves and follow the rules and make the next moderators job a bit easier. Thanks for all of your service for the list Jim.

David Clarkson 90 Westy 264k


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