Re: anti-mou people

[avc@netnamesusa.com (Antony Van Couvering)]

Robert,

I don't think it's useful to ban people without process.  It's not fair,
and it will give the "closed process" theorists a dumb propaganda boost.

The ORSC rules are quite good, as Dave says.  It will require, of course,
that someone actively manages the list.

Antony

At 08:32 PM 5/22/98 +0100, Jim Dixon wrote:
>On Fri, 22 May 1998, Robert Shaw wrote:
>
>> > why not delete all of the anti-mou people who have wrecked this list?
>
>> POC is now discussing strategies to make this list or a new list more
usable 
>> and not dominated by the "interesting characters" out there. We will try
to 
>> follow up on this within the next week.
>
>There are already at least two of these lists: the PAB list for those who
>have signed the MOU and so have (according to Dave) pledged their support
>to it, and this list for everyone.  Let those who only want to hear the
>opinions of people who agree with them join the PAB and listen to one 
>another.
>
>Banning those who disagree from the open list (this one) will just drive
>another nail into the coffin of the gTLD MOU.
>
>This list has not died because of Jeff Williams or Bob Allisat -- or me.
>It has died because people just decided that there wasn't much more to be
>said about the MOU or because they decided that what they said made no
>difference whatsoever.
>
>And on the other hand, the MOUvement itself has its own "interesting 
>characters".  Are you going to ban Sascha, Kent, and Dave?
>
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