"Jayne Kulikauskas" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:01:05 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
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I have seen all of the above mentioned in posts regarding who and who
shouldn't participate in a moderated rec.ponds either through discussion
here on rec.ponds or as to their suitability as a proponent of an RFD
for a moderated group and maybe as to their suitability as a
moderator....just wanted to make some general points on it....
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Thank you for raising this. I may have made some unclear comments about
this myself and appreciate this opportunity to clarify. I think I may
have
dismissed some people's comments by suggesting that they do not own ponds.
Which means they do not have the 1st hand experience of those who do have
ponds and had them for awhile - or at least through several seasons.
Of course, owning a pond is not necessarily a good measure of whether a
person has a sincere interest in the topic of rec.ponds. It is obviously
possible that a person with a sincere interest might not own a pond and
you, yourself, are a good illustration of this.
In order to be a moderator, since this is a position of trust, it would be
best if this sincere interest were demonstrable to others. It is also
good
if a moderator is a long-time poster so that people have a sense of who
the
moderator is. For example, someone who has only posted here for a month
and never said anything about ponds is not good moderator material.
Here I agree. Another poor choice in my opinion is someone who comes forth
claiming to be a lurker but never contributed anything to the group BEFORE.
They may or may not even have a pond or 1st hand experience. They may even
be one of the many trolls "on-a-mission". How would anyone know? Very few
regulars are participating at this point. After what I've seen on this group
and the aquaria groups in the past 2 years I'm very suspicious of the
motives and agenda of any lurkers who suddenly appear out of nowhere.
However, as far as participating in the RFD, anyone with an opinion on the
proposal may share it. As long as it is not a personal attack or some
other violation of news.groups.proposals' charter, it will appear. The
poster need not have a pond, an interest in ponds or even know how to
spell
"pond". Comments on the proposal will be judged on their own merits. A
good argument for creating the group will be a good argument no matter who
makes it. Similarly, arguments against creating the group are not judged
by the arguer.
All anyone need do is take a look at this group's messages for the past year
and there's no contest.
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ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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