RE: [DMCForum] ATTENTION: New DMCForum policies (Jon)

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

The group was never intended to have religious and political discussions.
In your opinion, what does the group stand for?  I am seriously interested
to hear what you have to say.

Greg


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From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jon Heese
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 7:20 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DMCForum] ATTENTION: New DMCForum policies

Wow.

Talk about a step in the wrong direction.  This is unnecessary and 
contrary to what I thought this group stood for.  How ironic.  I'm with 
Rick Gendreau all the way on this one.

Regards,
Jon Heese

ryanpwright wrote:
> Group,
> 
> With the most recent round of "discussions", it has become evident
> that political & religious conversation serves only to damage this
> forum. A majority of voting members have agreed; Poll results at this
> time indicate:
> 
> Political: 12 against / 8 in favor / 7 don't care
> Religious: 12 against / 7 in favor / 6 don't care
> 
> When this group was originally created, it's founders had hopes for a
> wholly unmoderated forum, rich in DeLorean knowledge and appropriate
> conversation. Unfortunately, recent and ongoing events indicate such a
> forum may never exist. Rules must exist and some level of moderation
> is necessary to ensure they are followed.
> 
> Effective immediately, political & religious discussion is no longer
> welcome on this forum. While some level of politics will be tolerated
> - for example, discussions of oil prices - these topics must be
> carefully handled and should be directly related to DeLorean
> ownership. Trolling will not be tolerated, nor will responses to said
> trolling. I understand the desire to defend ones position when
> attacked by trolls - I am often guilty of it myself - however, it is
> in the forum's best interest that these posts be ignored.
> 
> Discussions that the moderators deem inappropriate will be handled as
> follows:
> 
> 1. A public warning will be posted in the relevant thread.
> 2. Members who ignore the warning may be subject to a brief revocation
> of posting privileges.
> 3. Continued violations will be handled on a case by case basis.
> 4. In the interest of full disclosure, moderator actions will be
> posted to the list.
> 
> Once a warning has been posted, it is no longer open for public
> discussion. This includes any commentary about moderator actions. If
> you have a complaint, contact the moderators privately.
> 
> Your moderators are: Greg (timnagin), Dave Stragand and myself.
> 
> It is a fine line we are walking - trying to keep this forum as open
> as possible while still being useful for the majority of DeLorean
> enthusiasts. We pledge to do our best to treat everyone fairly and
> hope that you can respect our wishes for this forum.
> 
> -Ryan

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