[ale] as promised/threatened, an overly long post with probably nothing of real importance

[Jim Kinney]

My appologies on missing the held post. The garbage level is pretty high on
the held list. I need to work on the filters more. Can't just dump all
non-member posts as a job post occasionally hits the main list.
On May 4, 2011 9:49 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at water.com> wrote:
> I didn't notice the moderation bit because after my 2nd or 3rd response
> to the Usama thread I realized it was getting out of hand so declined to
> respond again.
>
> Interestingly the only post I've made in the past 2 weeks that didn't
> make it to the list WAS on topic and I got an email back that it was
> waiting for moderator approval due to length. (Presumably because it
> included the thread I was posting in reply to.) I noted the moderator
> never sent it through even though it was on topic.
>
> As others have noted though there seems to be much more ranting about
> off topic posts when they involve liberal ideas than when they involve
> conservative ones.
>
> When I first joined the list there was shortly a thread started by
> Gerald regarding separating into two lists that devolved into an
> outright melee. I post off topic here because so far as I can tell
> MOST people post OT here. If someone is willing to push their ideals
> that aren't related to Linux then I feel free to push back. That also
> has come up before so when I saw the discussion of people
> leaving/splitting lists and all I didn't immediately respond because it
> seemed like a repeat of past battles.
>
> I'm interested in why one needs to form a SAGE group in Atlanta given
> that there is already an independent UNIX Users Group (Atlanta Unix
> Users Group a/k/a auug.org). That group doesn't currently have a
> mailing list other than meeting announcements but for the past few
> months Lindsey Cleveland who maintains that list has been asking
> questions about reorganizing. It might be a good idea to reach out to
> him about that. Also the group is looking for a new meeting space as
> the current one is going away probably by September if not earlier.
> Most of the people that attend those meetings are "Professionals" and
> much of the time there is spent talking about Linux in addition to UNIX.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey Myers
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:20 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] as promised/threatened, an overly long post with
> probably nothing of real importance
>
> One note folks. If the list has a specific focus, and a posting is
> contrary to that focus, then not permitting that posting to be posted is
>
> not censorship. It is simply keeping things on track.
>
> Let's not confuse focus and censorship.
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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