Posted by so on May 23, 2005, at 16:53:57
In reply to Re: or...., posted by alexandra_k on May 23, 2005, at 15:31:49
> Otherwise... I guess we might just end up going round in circles never really getting to the heart of the issue.
If there were more to it and our dialectic pattern is circular we might just end up going around in bigger circles. My sphere already includes considerable reading in the archives, regardless whose interests might be at risk. My scope of discussion is focused where I think it is most effective.
> It seems to me... To be something about the civility rules.This part of this thread emerged from Hsiung's request that I propose a first step toward more effective governance. I proposed that he involve professional peers in administration of the board. You seem to agree with that. He seemed to nix the idea with two brief comments.
From there, the discussion has evolved to include some people offering usual support for the administration, but acknowledging to some extent doubts about the accuracy of the term "civility" which I propose could be resolved by defining his terms of service in the same manner most Web sites define their terms of service - as terms of service. Otherwise, he appears *to some* to be a physician offering diagnostic comments about the behavior of participants in a setting that potentially has clinical implications.
>It is a shame that you don't want to discuss them with me anymore :-)I see no shame. You could write your comments as statements to the topic, and could avoid citing my comments as the source of ideas to which you are responding, if you want to help me more easily discuss ideas about which you share an interest.
By the way, I also agree with the suggestion that smaller boards would be best restricted as members-read-only. Especially if he wants to continue asking people to be "civil" but not post terms of service and to classify violation of his terms in the usual and most specific way, which would be ask people to comply with the terms of service.
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