[IRCA] A note from your list admin

[Lynn Hollerman <lynn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please excuse the interruption - I wanted to break in tonight and announce 
that Patrick Martin has charitably accepted my request for help and will be 
moderating this list with me!

My main reason for this is that it appears with the increase in list 
traffic, most of the "action" appears to take place either during the day 
while I'm at work (~7am-~5pm Central) or after I've gone to bed (~10pm 
Central) on weeknights. I get my mail at ~6am and somewhere between ~5-~7pm 
Central, and the trend I have been seeing is that there will be some 
disagreement or crisis on [IRCA], and by the time I get to read about it, 
it's already played itself out, and about all I can do is clean up the 
mess. I don't like that at all - I'd prefer to stop any problem as soon as 
it emerges, before it takes on a life of its own. Patrick is on the West 
coast, and gets his e-mail when most of the "action" appears to be taking 
place, so it seems obvious to me that he's going to see these messages 
earlier than I'll be able to get to them.

Keep in mind, this is NOT an attempt to silence any one in particular, and 
this particular action isn't in response to any one message - I'm doing 
this in response to a what I see happening, and being a realist, I have to 
admit I can't handle this alone.

Patrick is a fair and impartial person, not to mention quite a 
knowledgeable DXer. I ask that you please give him the respect and kindness 
that you've shown me. I will still be here, approving subscriptions and 
posts and such, and my address is still the same (lynn@xxxxxxxxx) and the 
door is always open for your questions, complaints, and comments. [IRCA] is 
growing a bit faster than I had anticipated, and I'm not too proud to say 
that I can't keep up with what goes on the way I'd like to.

And speaking of goings on...

The guidelines for this list are on the website - http://www.ircaonline.org 
- and over the past weekend I posted a message summarizing them. In the 
simplest terms I can think of, PLAY NICE! You are all adults here, and I 
expect you to ACT like it. NO personal attacks, period. Yes, you have an 
opinion, and far be it for me to attempt to suppress it, but Lord Above, 
just because you have an opinion on something DOESN'T mean that this is the 
place to voice that! Use your common sense before you hit that "Send" 
button! If something has nothing to do with radio or DXing, well then, it 
doesn't belong posted here - but conversely, that DOESN'T mean that all you 
have to do is have a radio-related item in your post and you can then flame 
away! Remember - if you ACT like children, you will be TREATED like children!

(Ok, back to DX..!)

Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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