Re: *Long* administrivia (but please read it anyway!)

From: Rand Nicholson <writserv at nbnet.nb.ca> on 1997.02.20 at 14:06:32(400) if any significant >percentage of the list membership is opposed to a public archive we should >request Chris to keep the Aroid-L portion of this site permanently >off-limits outside his organization. > >Don will post anything pending on this topic after this note has been >delivered; please let us know privately("aroid-owner@mobot.org" will reach >us both) or publicly as you see fit how you feel about the issue. I do >hope we can deal with this digression from aroids quickly (and more >succinctly than I have) and get back to our botanical addiction. > >Steve +More I have _always_ used e-mail and the Net with the caveat that _any_ and _all_ of my postings could be accessed by anyone who cared to do so. With this in mind, I have acted accordingly in regards to anything I write. It should be understood by now that, if one has an e-mail address or even just a telephone, anyone who wishes can probably find it with little effort, whether one belongs to a list or not. When you use e-mail it is like shouting out a window in a neighbourhood where everyone else does the same. No-one really pays attention except the person you are shouting at, but everyone can listen in, if they want to. I think the subject of privacy on the Net is moot at this point and any decision made by Aroid-L is fine by me as long as it does not hurt the Aroid-L. I find the matter of copyright infringement disturbing, but, like so many, do not see how it can be strictly enforced. Kind Regards, Rand

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