Re: IRC and other things

Sorry guys, I know nobody invited the Drama Llama to the party.
Kracker can keep the channel under very own control, I recently tried
to follow up on other uses having access privileges which apparently
lead to this thread being born. I had talked to an irc op as well who
wanted to see the lists reaction and is following our archives.

So to sum up, Yeh, I lost control, I admit it, I took an issue related
to AKLUG to the AKLUG list and that was totally weak of me. I should
have offered kracker a challenge of my authenticity to AKLUG. oh wait
I did several times.. duh me!

Thanks Mike for, I guess, assuming hand slapping responsibility. It
has helped, but I could give a rats a** about language, kracker has
every right to say whatever he wants. I just wanted to inform the
list and see what the majority opinion on this is to demonstrate a
reaction to his expression as well as build a better AKLUG network
through different means of communication.

Kracker, sorry this happend at all and that there are multiple
messages on this list about our behavior. I feel like I'm 12 again.

Tootles folks, the channel is fine - I will however refrain from
following up on this subject on IRC.

On 4/20/07, Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> wrote:
> barsalou wrote, on 4/20/2007 4:08 PM:
> > The IRC channel is moderated by one of our members and we had a
> > discussion about the language that was used. We agreed that it was not
> > appropriate.
>
> Agreed. :)
>
> > However, since he didn't know Shane, I think his general stance was justified.
>
> I'm mostly a lurker, and I know the moderator from a while back, and
> think that he's been quite helpful to AKLUG and is generally a pretty
> reasonable guy. Individual personalities aside, judging solely by the
> transcript, it's clear that both sides lost their tempers a bit, and
> could have chosen other methods to express themselves.
>
> If by "general stance," you mean "didn't want to hand out access,"
> then I agree. But "stance" also implies demeanor or attitude. The
> moderator could have continued to refuse politely, which would have
> been better for everyone -- even if the person making the inquiry was
> a troll/hax0r/d00d. This would have saved everyone time, face and
> blood pressure.
>
> The moderator is in a position of privilege and authority. He or she
> should be practicing the "great power, great responsibility"
> philosophy. Instead, what followed -- even with the cursing removed
> -- was not how anyone in a quasi-representative role should ever
> behave on behalf of an organization that I want my name attached to
> (no offense intended). I consider this incident to be an outlier, but
> it's food for thought. Take the high road, I say. It's the
> professional thing to do.
>
> I think we should chalk it up as a learning opportunity, move on, and
> go have a beer or Grape Nehi or Perrier or whatever. :)
>
> Royce
>
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Received on Fri Apr 20 18:26:41 2007