After a lengthy discussion, the moderation staff of the DMC Forum has decided to invoke a permanent ban against Marc Levy for the following reasons: 1. Marc's repeated attempts to drag the moderators, and others on the Forum, into arguments ("Trolling") after being asked to stop. 2. The inappropriate and inflammatory content of public and private messages sent to the moderators in response to requests that he cease trolling. 3. Marc's refusal to abide by the rules that the group voted to put in place, which he agreed to do. When a thread is requested to be closed that is the end of that public discussion and it needs to go off-list. This ban was unanimously approved and enacted by the staff of four moderators on 7/17/2006. Folks, this is not an action we took lightly. Marc has a lot of positive things to contribute to this community. However, after he was placed on moderated status last week for not following the rules and refusal to take the discussion off-list, his follow-up messages showed his intent to continue the fight on-list. These off-list discussions lead us to believe Marc had no intention of stopping. Everyone else is welcome to send questions and comments regarding this action directly to the moderators at DMCForum-owner[at] yahoogroups.com. For the betterment of the group, we would like any necessary discussion to be off list. DMC Forum Moderation Team ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/