While I understand the sentiment to focus on the content rather than the
process, it seems to me that what the recent interactions about Stevan's
moderation suggest is a need to have some commonly understood guidelines
about how the list will be managed.
Sally's constructive suggestions are the most appropriate means (IMHO)
to put this to issue to rest, rather than treating it as an annoying
aberration that should dismissed and forgotten.
The vote confirmed that the majority of those responding supported
Steven remaining as moderator. It did not resolve the issue of how the
list was to be moderated and what the role of the moderator should be.
Doug Jones
Science-Engineering Library
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
[mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On
Behalf Of Jeffery, KG (Keith)
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:32 AM
To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: Re: Liblicense-l: rules of the road
All -
As others have said let us get back to the purpose of this thread and
stop fretting about how it is moderated; the vote has taken place, let
us all get on with sharing experiences, views and proposals concerning
the real challenges we face.
Keith
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Prof Keith G Jeffery E: keith.jeffery_at_stfc.ac.uk
>Director Information Technology & International Strategy
>Science and Technology Facilities Council
>Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
>Didcot, OXON OX11 0QX UK
>T: +44 1235 44 6103 F:+44 1235 44 5147
>President ERCIM & STFC Director: http://www.ercim.org/
>W3C Office at STFC-RAL http://www.w3.org/
>President euroCRIS http://www.eurocris.org/
>VLDB Trustee Emeritus: http://www.vldb.org/
>EDBT Board Member http://www.edbt.org/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------
>The contents of this email are sent in confidence for the use of the
intended recipient only. If you are not one of the intended recipients
do not take action on it or show it to anyone else, but return this
email to the sender and delete your copy of it
>The CCLRC telecommunications systems may be monitored in accordance
with the policy available from
<
http://dlitd.dl.ac.uk/policy/monitoring/monitoring%20statement.htm>.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------
Please note that from 20081006 all my email will be sent out from stfc
in the format above. However, incoming email using other email
addresses for me will work for the forseeable future. Nonetheless, you
are advised to change any address book entries or typed 'to' email
addresses to the new address provided above.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------
-----Original Message-----
From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
[mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On
Behalf Of Leslie Carr
Sent: 23 October 2008 17:08
To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: Re: Liblicense-l: rules of the road
On 23 Oct 2008, at 12:09, Sally Morris (Morris Associates) wrote:
> Here's a set of 'rules' for another email discussion forum, one which
> I personally think is moderated in an exemplary fashion
I expect there are hundreds of other discussion forums whose charters
and processes are indeed praiseworthy. To forestall a combinatorial
explosion of admirable attributes, let me draw the attention of those
who are interested to the following analysis of the diverse practices of
mailing list moderation:
Berge, Z.L. & Collins, M.P. (2000). Perceptions of e-moderators about
their roles and functions in moderating electronic mailing lists.
Distance Education: An International Journal, 21(1), 81-100.
http://www.emoderators.com/moderators/modsur97.html
Given the range of practices represented above and the result of the
recent vote, I propose that the status quo is admirable position to
maintain. (Moderation-wise, not OA-wise!)
--
Les Carr
--
Scanned by iCritical.
Received on Thu Oct 23 2008 - 21:01:37 BST