At 03:02 PM 1/15/2009, David Kao wrote:
>I don't have the authority but if I do your resignation is denied.
>I hope there are many others to join me to ask you to stay and remain
>as the moderator of this list.

I've got no complaint about Jim's moderating as such, and I'd be just
as happy if he stayed on at the job -- if he wants to.  I *do* have
strong reservations about the *new and very different* charter which
suddenly appeared, and I have to say that much as I would hate to
leave I might have some trouble staying on the list if it remains
unchanged.  But voting with our feet is our prerogative, as much as
imposing drastic policy changes is the moderator's.  Unless, as Jim
has suggested, this particular list belongs to the members and not to
the moderator.  In that case I think he is bound in some sense to
consult with the members at large before imposing such a drastic
change in tone, if not in content.

But I cringe at the idea of dragooning the poor guy to go back to it
when he so very clearly has gotten sick of it.  I don't think it
would be good for the list, and I'm quite sure it would be a bad
thing for Jim himself.

Regards,
David

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"