James,
Obviously Bob wants to become administrator with an agenda of his own 
which has nothing to do with the object of this thread.
Bob says he does not like bashing. Good enough. The question of the 
moment is "As administrator, how will he prevent Olin from bashing other 
members of the list?
Gaston

James Newton wrote:
> I'd be happy to see you take over the list Bob, just read the mailman manual
> and demonstrate that you know how to do a few simple / common tasks.
>
> --
> James.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Bob Blick
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 18:05
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN]: Question about member
>
> Apptech wrote:
>   
>>> ... But I am willing to put some effort into fixing
>>> what I perceive to be wrong. ... I'll need help, too, so 
>>> I'd like to
>>> hear from people who think this is a good idea.
>>>
>>> But I am offering to help so please take me seriously.
>>>       
>> The more resources the better, all else being equal.
>> It's not obvious that this have to be either/or though.
>> If eg you ran a list with well defined guidelines that had 
>> substantial technical value, tighter admin control on  what 
>> was acceptable material and a different ethos to PIClist, 
>> people who valued both could belong to both at little cost 
>> to either group - in fact hopefully overall synergy for both 
>> lists.
>>     
>
> Russell,
>
> I'm not talking about two lists, I'm talking about focusing the piclist
> back on the original core values.
>
> In other words, you would not be allowed to post things like "It's
> official - there is no reality" under the EE tag. It would be barely
> tolerated under OT if at all, since it is just tech info-tainment -
> anyone actually interested in Quantum Mechanics presumably already
> visits tech websites that cater to QM.
>
> Additionaly there would be no tolerance for the long-term personal
> bashing thread that is hopefully coming to a close today.
>
> The help I am offering is administrative, in case any of the admins who
> have been running the piclist decide they wish to take a break.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>   

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