Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: J Poxon <poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu>
Subject: Re: Proposal for New List Charter: Marxism List (Non-Moderated) - "M3"


From: revcom-AT-hn.pl.net

At 12:47 PM 9/05/98 -0700, Juan wrote:
>Comrades, 
>
>Below is my proposal for a new list charter.  Those familiar with them,
>will recognize that it contains elements from the charters and
>statements of purpose for the original Marxism List (M1), M-G, and Louis
>Proyect's new Marxism List.  The main points of it are: 
>
>1) it establishes the new list as a political continuation of the type
>of lists that M1, M2, and M-G used to be;
>
>2) It guarantees complete openness - no moderator, no expulsion policy;
>
>The sections about list location and how to join, are of course left
>blank because we have yet to find a host server.
>
>As for the STEERING COMMITTEE, or whatever we want to call it, Rolf M.,
>Vlad B., and Bob M., I think that we four can and should simply
>constitute ourselves as that committee, which we can do simply by
>deciding to act together explicitly as we have been doing implicitly
>until now.  No-one else has stepped forward to join the effort to start
>a new list of the type we advocate -- BUT THERE IS STILL SPACE, PEOPLE!
>-- and no-one has objected to us taking on this work so far.  A call to
>voite will be pointless at this juncture, M-G is all but dead, as the
>lack of traffic -five a day, lately and by fewer people despite the
>posting-limit being lifted!- attests to.
>
>I say that we four as the core group on this project consider and adopt
>the following charter and --a long any one else who cares to join the
>project -- act to start the new list proposed therein forthwith.
>
>Thus our jobs for the immediate future are the following:
>
>1) consider and approve a new charter -- I suggest the one below;
>
>2) find a host server;
>
>3) figure out how to act in concert to handle finances and
>administrative tasks (this one can wait a bit, and be worked out in
>practice, I think.)
>
>I say, let's roll up our sleeves and get to it.
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Juan
>

Comrades.

I profess my faith and support in the new charter proposal.

Andrew.