File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1998/marxism-thaxis.9805, message 25


Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 07:11:25 -0600
From: Hans Ehrbar <ehrbar-AT-keynes.econ.utah.edu>
Subject: M-TH: Purposal for new list charter!



Bob, your list charter proposal is not open enough.
Who decides who the Wackos and the Fascists are?

I think the greatest openness can be achieved as follows:

(1) it has to have a posting limit.  One post a day was too
little, as the experience of M-G shows, therefore let's try
two or three.  In addition, no one individual is allowed to
generate more than 20 percent of the list traffic.

(2) the list also has to have a clear purpose, and if list
members make submissions which do not address this purpose
then their posts will no longer be forwarded to the list
automatically but they will need to be approved.  The idea
to have a rotating team approving those posts is a good one.
These should be the same individuals who do the routine list
maintenance, i.e., help members subscribe or unsubscribe
etc.  They are on call for a week at a time, and during
"their" weeks they are expected to log on to their computers
at least twice a day and.

Here are some other considerations, not regarding the
openness of the list itself, but the side effects of
such an open list:


(2) it should not be called marxism-general but
marxism-open, so that beginners will know exactly what they
are getting into.


(3) If someone wants to shut down marxism space, a list like
marxism-open is always a convenient pretext.  In the
design of our marxist discussion fora we must not be
influenced by what is acceptable to whoever is the host.
This is why it is important that we develop more than one
server servicing the same lists, and if one of the servers
is shut down, a different server can take over on short
notice.


Hans E.




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