[RP TownTalk] A note from your TownTalk list moderator

[Dwight Holmes]

OK, a few things:

1) I apologize for my earlier redundant messages.  My gmail seemed to be
frozen, and then indicated the first attempt hadn't gone out, so I resent
it. Then both showed up.  <sigh>

2) I was mistaken about what happened this morning.  I thought Don had
replied to Jeffrey's post offlist, then Jeffrey had cc'd the list on his
reply to Don. I was mistaken - as became painfully clear not long
afterwards. While my admonition about cc:'ing the List on a personal email
remains, I believe, sound advice, it does not speak to what occurred this
morning.

3) The rules of this list really aren't complicated.  No electioneering, and
no personal bashing of people: stick to the issues.  "No ad hominem
attacks."

4) Once again these rules of good neighborliness have been breached.

The topic of the proposed Cafritz property development and all that it
entails is momentous for our town. The issues are real, and have very long
term impact. There are no easy answers and little here is black-and-white
clear. I thought we were having an interesting discourse reflecting valid
and contrasting views on some of the issues involved.

And then suddenly some people decided to go totally personal, injecting
their personal feelings about one of the individuals involved in the
discussion into their responses. There is simply no excuse for this. It
spoils the atmosphere for everyone involved. It is this type of (repeated)
behavior that is responsible for many people choosing to unsubscribe, and
I'm convinced it is responsible for a steady drop in list traffic.

I would ask everyone to take a deep breath before hitting the SEND button,
each and every time you are posting to the list.


On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>wrote:

> Please don't cc: the TownTalk list when sending personal (one-to-one)
> messages!
>
>
> I understand there are occasions where people mean to reply to the list
> (for which you must use the REPLY-ALL mode) but inadvertently hit the simple
> REPLY and the message goes only to the original sender, rather than the
> list.  In cases where there's absolutely certainty this is what happened, it
> may be ok to add "TownTalk" to the list of recipients when replying.  But
> only then.
>
> If a reader has - for whatever reason - chosen to reply directly to you AND
> ONLY YOU to a post that you made to TownTalk then you should continue the
> conversation with that person - or not, as you choose.  There are many
> reasons why someone might reply directly to you rather than to the list -
> the reasons are theirs and should be honored by all of us.  It is totally
> inappropriate to add TownTalk back into the list of recipients when replying
> in such a case without the full consent and acknowledgment of the person to
> whom you are responding.
>
> Thank you for your attention.  "As you were!"
>
> Dwight Holmes
> TownTalk List Moderator
>
>
>
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