tes@whuts.UUCP (07/14/87)
In article <292@brandx.rutgers.edu>, webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes: .In article <2849@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes: ..As quoted from <287@brandx.rutgers.edu.by webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber): ..+--------------- ..| was plenty. Before you start talking about procedure, please show me ..| when it was voted upon that net.sources and mod.sources would be ..| merged and subsequently split into multiple moderated groups as well ..| as how you ended up being the moderator of the one that is currently ..| closest in goals to the old net.sources. It strikes me that your ..| interest in proper procedure is rather new found. ..+--------------- .. ..I have *that* letter too. Basically, Rick Adams _told_ me that net.sources ..was becoming comp.sources.misc and that it WOULD be moderated -- no question, ..no place for me to complain. He then _asked_ me whether I would like to be ..the moderator of the group. .. ..Tell me, where did you get the idea that *I* chose to make net.sources . .Nothing in the above says that I thought *you* were responsible for .the original idea of moderating comp.sources.misc. Are you claiming .that you were acting according to proper procedure since you just .agreed to be the moderator and didn't actually issue the control messages? . If I may slip a foot in edgewise into this circular argument. Some points and/or clarification seem to be in order: 1. Unless the moderator is also a backbone administrator (member of the CABAL), I have seen no evidence that moderators are in any way responsible for the current mess. 2. Blaming the moderators, is like blaming metermaids for parking ordinances. Both are attempting to gain some order out of suboptimal circumstances. (by mail only please--is there a non-sexist version of meter maid, my references failed me on this). 3. My hat remains off to Brandon Allbery in his handling of comp.sources.misc. His handling of my posting of PKARC, PKXARC, PKFIND, patches to same, ARC, and NANSI has been exemplary, even when I sent bad material, and under pressure from other constituencies. (no, I do not always "get my way", but the decisions are understandable). Can the discussion about how we all hate the new order please move to and stay in news.groups? -- Terry Sterkel {clyde|harvard|cbosgd|allegra|ulysses|ihnp4}!whuts!tes [opinions are obviously only my own]