I wote, none religious and political OT. There are another one groups
for it.
Richard, have you any friends for yack?

Jan.
>
> How about setting one day, say Friday, for religious and political OT?
>
> Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> > I don't think it would be at all impolite for you or Jory to butt in on
> > religious/political/otherwise non technical and non contributory posts and s
ay
> > when it is time to take it offline for those that can't figure it ot for
> > themselves.
> >
> > Mark Willis wrote:
> >
> > > I'll re-post the Mini-FAQ soonly, it covers all this (Need to go get
> > > things done today.)
> > >
> > >   Mark
> > >
> > > Stevens, Kurt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I like this idea, but I believe it would have to work in conjunction wit
h an
> > > > agreed upon list of what constituted unacceptable postings. These might
> > > > include:
> > > >
> > > > personal attacks
> > > > religion
> > > > politics
> > > > spam
> > > >
> > > > Is there a set of guidlines that defines limits for posting to the picli
st,
> > > > and if not, why not?
> > > >
> > > > > ----------
> > > > > From:         William K. Borsum[SMTP:borsum@DASCOR.COM]
> > > > > Sent:         Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:19 AM
> > > > > To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > > > > Subject:      [OT] suggestion for dealing with "noise"
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi All:
> > > > > Just got to get my penny's worth in again...
> > > > >
> > > > > Some years ago I was a moderator at a rather large conference.  As usu
al
> > > > > there were a few folks who insisted on carrying on loud conversations
in
> > > > > the auditorium during the talks.  During the first lunch break, a numb
er
> > > > > of
> > > > > people came to me as a "representative of authority" and cried, pleade
d,
> > > > > begged and threatened me to please DO something about this extreme
> > > > > discourtesy to the other attendees.
> > > > >
> > > > > After the break, I pointed out to the audience that many things don't
work
> > > > > in our lives, and the lives of others because no one is willing to tak
e
> > > > > personal responsibility for fixing the situation--they would rather le
t
> > > > > "the authorities" handle it.  I suggested that if the folks in the
> > > > > audience
> > > > > found the situation getting out of hand, then the offenders should be
> > > > > gently and lovingly corrected.  my intention was that those around the
> > > > > chatterboxes should get them aside and suggest they take their
> > > > > conversations out into the foyer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Things went well for an hour or so, and all was quiet until, inevitabl
y,
> > > > > the chatterboxes started up again.  Almost in unison, 750 people turne
d
> > > > > towards them and said SHUSH.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its a thought.  If I got multiple messages (OFF THE LIST PLEASE!) tell
ing
> > > > > me to SHUSH, there's a chance I might get the idea that my conduct was
 not
> > > > > appropriate.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kelly
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > William K. Borsum, P.E. -- OEM Dataloggers and Instrumentation Systems
> > > > > <borsum@dascor.com> & <www.dascor.com>San Diego, California, USA
> > > > >