Re: Appeal

[TECHWR-L Administrator <admin -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>]

At 04:41 PM 4/14/99 -0400, Maury wrote:
>I am asking the administrator of this list to post again the regulations that govern
>TECHWR-L for those persons who clearly have forgotten. Flaming on the list, which has
>been quite obvious in some of the recent posts, is certainly not acceptable, not to me or
>to any other subscriber.

First, if you have something to ask me (aka "the administrator of
this list"), just use the email address that's in every message to the
list. If you're making a public appeal for help, you're barking up the
wrong tree.

As you clearly want to make this a public issue, I'll
oblige. Quite frankly, Eric Dunn seems to have hit the nail on the head
with respect to commentary on the messages, your interpretation
of the answers, and the "if you don't want an answer, don't ask"
issue.

Do keep in mind--for everyone on list, please--that disagreement
is not equal to flaming is also not equal to abuse or personal
attacks. Sarcasm (wielded elegantly or clumsily), statements of
fact or experience that differ from others posted, and outright
declarations that ABC is incorrect or misunderstood while XYZ is
true are all valid forms of expression, even on this list.

With respect to posting "the regulations that govern TECHWR-L
for those persons who have clearly forgotten", the first rule
of TECHWR-L is to only post messages that clearly and directly
relate to technical communication. Cost of living in the Silicon
Valley isn't directly related (although it's clearly of high interest
and arguably appropriate for limited and clearly defined discussions
on list) and this list is certainly not the best source for information
about what things cost there. For only a few hundred dollars you could
check it out for yourself, or interview with a company and
check it out on their dime, or visit appropriate Web sites
to check prices, maps, etc., or ....

With that, let's drop the disinformation campaigns about the
Silicon Valley and return to the topic of technical communication.

Eric





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Eric J. Ray                                        TECHWR-L Listowner
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