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AB>dave.fleming@westonia.com (DAVE FLEMING) writes:
>
>         First of all,  who are you Chris?  What is your role here and
> is it official or unofficial?  [...] Are you the only one in Canada
> I have to work with?

AB>Chris Lewis is a Canadian newsmaster who has given, and continues to
AB>give, a lot of his time to helping people set up and evaluate
AB>proposals in can.config.  There is nothing "official" about anything
AB>on netnews, but I think you'll find that many newsmasters will honour
AB>Chris's "newgroup" messages, and will ignore newgroups in can.* which
AB>were not discussed in can.config.

AB>What Chris generally posts here is what most of us newsmasters would
AB>post if we took the time; the difference is that Chris *does* take the
AB>time, and I for one am grateful!

        I've have been watching Can.config and it's been very quiet and
like you, don't have time to be constantly reading other newsgroups.
Until now, I have not been able to find a 'contact' newsmaster (new
word to me) who could quide me though this process.  The second
problem was that the number of supporting posts to Can.config has, to
this day, never be defined!  Another frustration!  Also, the subject
of the newsgroup, is not going to generate a flood of posts, so I have
to think of way to do this, so that I will get enough positive posts,
inorder to be successful the first time around.   I did not appreciate
Chris's abusive behavior in 'ordering me around' instead of suggesting
what I should do.  He is also not sensitive to the particular problems
that I have in creating this newsgroup.  He has never address my concerns!
Another problem is that a lot of Internet users don't even know there
is a Can.config so I have to, first, ask interested posters to find
and add this conference to their subscribed or BBS mail selections.
Chris does not seem to be sensitive to these problems.  I quess he
thinks EVERYONE is up to the same speed he is.  Two more frustrations.


        I have had to work with little Hitler types before, so I promised
myself I would NEVER tolerate unfriendly behavior from anyone again without
raising a protest.  As far a respect goes, everyone should start out,
giving EVERYONE a minimum amount of respect, and talk in a normal way.
You don't give 'disrespect' until the person earns your 'respect', but
that's the way a lot of young people seem to interpret this respect idea.

It's far more important to show our Canadian hospitality and friendliness
at ALL times, and especially on the Internet where it's too easy to start
flaming someone, just because they are inexperienced.

I don't have the time to get experienced, and I expect newsmasters to
appreciate that end-users may not have the time or don't want to spend
horendous amounts of time to get up to THEIR speed.

A little understanding and sensitivity is required by newsmasters or
by anyone dealing with the inexperienced public otherwise they should
get a job that does not deal with the public.

AB>One way to earn people's respect is to read a newsgroup for a while
AB>before posting to it.  If you had done that, I don't think there would
AB>have been any confusion anout Chris's "role".

Thanks Anne...you seem to be a friendly face here...Dave

AB>Ms. Anne Bennett          anne@alcor.concordia.ca            (514) 848-7606
AB>Computing Services,   Concordia University,   Montreal QC,   Canada H3G 1M8
AB>(Administrator for Concordia University mail relay and news transfer)

Naturally relaxed...or want to be, Dave Fleming (dave.fleming@westonia.com)
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