Re: [ga-abuse] Unsuspension of Eric Dierker - reason to resign

[Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>]

Dear list monitors,

this exodus -- first Bruce, now Harald -- is sad.

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote on 25.06.01, 09:25:46:
> given the decision of Patrick Corliss to overturn the suspension of Eric
> Dierker, I am hereby resigning from the list monitor role.
>
> It makes NO sense to go on being a ga-abuse team member (even one as
> passive as I have been recently) when even the most blatant abuses are
> uncontrollable by the abuse process.
>
> This is NOT a protest against the list monitors' action.
> It is a protest against the action of Patrick Corliss as acting chair.

If I wouldn't disagree with the substance of Patrick's 
decision, I wouldn't have M2ed Eric's suspension, but
I think Patrick made the best of it and didn't undermine
the abuse process. The legitimacy of the abuse process
rests on the acceptance of the decisions by the sensible 
part of the GA membership (e.g. both Peter de Blanc and 
Roberto Gaetano seemed to be calling for overturning it, 
while Ken Stubbs posted an unfortunate defence), on the
availability of GA-full as alternative list and the
Chair's ability to overturn the decision: I can live
with Patrick's decision.

BTW, I think the damage -- even the long-term damage 
for the whole abuse process -- of allowing Eric to post 
to GA is smaller than it would have been the other way
around. 

Anyway: Thanks, Harald, for your efforts!

Best regards,
/// Alexander