Re: Cats

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• Subject: Re: Cats
• From: "* M* <b*@istar.ca>
• Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:40:43 -0400
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I was aware of the term, Duane - on other mailing lists to which I belong
list-owners usually refer to themselves as moderators or some more benign
term.  I'm not trying to slam Duncan - I just hate being told what to do!! 

	duly chastised,
                       Bernadette
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> From: Duane Campbell <dcamp@epix.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Cats
> Date: April 17, 1997 7:34 PM
> 
> At 11:14 PM 4/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >> Grateful as I am to you for providing the seeds-list forum, I fail to
see
> >how anyone can 'own' a list! 
> 
> "List owner" is a term of art for the person who administers a list. He
is
> the person who plows through the daily drudgery of maintaining the list,
a
> chore that members usually are only vaguely aware of. A list owner is
also
> the person who defines the tone of the list. As such, he has near
> dictatorial powers, usually applied benignly, sometimes like a martinet.
> Nevertheless the listowner has the authority to do pretty much whatever
he
> pleases.
> 
> I think Duncan is doing a fine job here, trying to keep order with a
fairly
> light hand.
> 
> 
> Duane Campbell	dcamp@epix.net
> http://www.epix.net/~dcamp/
> 
> 

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