I am only quoting what you published reference items 9 and 10. In some other messages from you there is also mention of vetting and banning. Why is this such a problem with you. No one else seems to be concerned.

 I am merely pointing out concerns that I have about some of your postings where vetting and banning keeps cropping up.

My argument and others is that one should be allowed to get their opinion heard without fear or favour and I do no like to bombarded with words that imply restrictive practice.

I am not aware of any attack going on but surely I am permitted to challenge what others say, if it effects me and in this case the move to the Yahoo reflector does, as it does others as well and they are expressing their opinions daily.

It particularly effects me since I am one of the few radio amateurs that are active daily on 500 and 137 khz and a voice on the reflector is useful to update activity, propagation conditions, DX alerts and technical data about changes of equipment, power etc.

Modes currently available when in CQ mode ie CW or Opera.

 

de g3kev

   

----- Original Message -----

From: Roger Lapthorn

To: [email protected]

Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 12:33 PM

Subject: Re: LF: Re: An "LF-reflector" Yahoo group instead .....PLEASE

Dear Mal,

Who said anything about ME being a moderator of the LF group? Not me. 

Please, stop this personal and nasty hate campaign. 

73s

Roger

G3XBM

-- Via my 2.4GHz transceiver --

On 4 Jun 2012, at 13:17, "mal hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote:

Reference postings from G3XBM

I am concerned about items 9  and 10

Messages can be VETTED and DIFFICULT members banned.

Sounds like a POLICE state and what are the credentials of those VETTING and what is a DIFFICULT member probably someone who has a different opinion or point of view from his or even a sense of HUMOUR

What ever happens avoid him as a moderator

 

de g3kev

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Roger Lapthorn

To: [email protected] ; Alan Melia ; Stefan Schäfer ; Markus Vester ; James Moritz

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:51 PM

Subject: LF: An "LF-reflector" Yahoo group instead .....PLEASE

With the latest outage (5 days already) may I again suggest that the LF-reflector migrates to a Yahoo group?

In over 10 years I have rarely had delays in messages, outages, or problems with any group to which I belong or moderate.

Instead they have had these advantages:

1. Messages can be read on the web if preferred (saves cluttered in-boxes)
   
2. There is rarely a delay of more than a few minutes before messages are received.
3. All messages are archived and searchable.
   
4. Large files can be stored.
5. Photos can be stored - 100Gigs worth.
6. Links can be stored/shared
7. Videos can be stored.
8. Polls can be run.
9. Messages can be vetted if preferred (by a number of moderators to speed up the process)
10. Difficult members can be banned in exceptional circumstances.
11. Spam messages can be filtered
    
12. Calendars can be set up (for sked times, news of tests etc)

The advantages go ON and ON and, frankly, I simply cannot understand why the change hasn't made years ago. With the problems this week it is surely time.

To set up a new Yahoo group called "LF-reflector" (or whatever) would take about 30 seconds and migration to it by all interested members here would take about a day at most. All you need is to agree a group name, who owns it, who can moderate posts and some basic group ground rules/FAQs.

Please, think about it again.

73s
Roger G3XBM

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