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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/15/2013 10:48 PM, Aaron Ruscetta
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<pre wrap="">At this point I think we need to make the invitation.</pre>
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<i>Given your propensity for calm and collect here, should we
nominate you in his place?</i><br>
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<b>I move to quash the motion</b>. I think that Jim has done his
job <u><b>quite</b></u> well, and far better than I could ever have
had the patience to do. He found a compromise solution that
involves absolutely zero censorship. Others called for the targeted
moderation of individuals. In response, Jim stated:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">If I moderate 1 person, I'm moderating
everyone until the s/n ratio is better.
No more OT posts. I'll make an ale-chat that's a free for all (I
won't be subscribing to it). No more tantrums about <pick a=""
topic=""><pick a topic>.</pick></blockquote>
He's merely created a new list for the off-topic stuff—thereby <u><b>moderating
nobody at all</b></u>. This way everyone has the <u><i><b>FREEDOM</b></i></u>
to tune-in—or not—to their heart's content. Discuss whatever,
that's the list on which to do it.<br>
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It would therefore seem to me that Jim has in fact met your demands
more than sufficiently—if not perfectly. After all, what Jim has
done is in fact quite democratic, allowing all who wish to "chat" to
do so while enabling those who wish to exchange information and
education the ability to have the time to do so. Sounds like a
win/win to me.<br>
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As an aside, looking through archives, I see no gap in meeting
history that was in any way, shape or form unreasonable.<br>
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In support of Jim's idea, I have removed my graphic from the
signature and will endeavour to do so for each message I post.<br>
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— Mike<br>
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