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Re: BNL, viruses and nettiquette



On 30 Apr 2001, at 7:53, Mark Barnett wrote:

>  The list is intended to provide a forum
> for discussion of all matters related to killifish, by beginners and experts
> alike. We hope that the list will act also as a help page for beginners. The
> list is open to all, whether members of the AKA or not. 

How many beginers would of been overwelmed by the recent 
endless thread of matter inconsequential to them in general. I know 
one message came through by a beginer saying they were leaving 
because of this. Our endless squabbles are not promoting anything 
other than disharmony and a picture of us as a bunch of bickering 
old farts.

> Maintenance of killifish in the aquarium
> Breeding of killifish
> Biology of killifish
> Nomenclature
> Reports and discussion of collecting trips
> AKA programs

How much of the last 2 weeks post have been on this matter? 
Maybe a quater? More than likely less.

I have no problem with the above list of topics, but I feel that the 
below should be kept among AKA members alone and not forced 
on those who do not want to contribute or even know that the 
matter exists. I would subscribe to the "AKA politics" list as I want 
to be involved but I would prefer to deal with the "fishy" topics 
without having to wade through a mass of email!

> AKA policies

Further more, as can be seen from the last debate matters quickly 
got out of hand and no real consensus was reached. Maybe some 
moderation should be introduced. Our Chairman jumped in a few 
times as he should, maybe next time we had such a debate he 
should moderate so that instead of us blathering on for two weeks 
without consensus we can derive a quick point in a few days.

Just how effective is the discussion of AKA policies being executed 
using the current list?...

Back to other stuff...

Bye

Tyrone Genade
tyronegenade at yahoo_com
http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade

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