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Subject: Re: Has Vincent been banned ?

Author: Keith Evans

Date: 09:50:34 11/05/03

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On November 04, 2003 at 18:12:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 03, 2003 at 21:05:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 03, 2003 at 14:57:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On November 03, 2003 at 13:40:05, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 03, 2003 at 13:22:35, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 03, 2003 at 09:26:22, Mridul Muralidharan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Recently I came to know that Vincent Diepeveen has been banned from CCC
>>>>>>without explaination.
>>>>>>Especially before , during and after an important event like world champs !
>>>>>>Is this true ? and if yes , why ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>Mridul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Vincent has a one month suspension. He was told why he was suspended via email.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Noverber 30th , he will be able to post again - for those that want to mark
>>>>>their calendar.
>>>>>
>>>>>Membership to CCC is a privilige not a right.  If you break the rules, your
>>>>>privilige might be taken away.  Also, an FYI, the CCC moderators have an
>>>>>agreement that we do not take any action on suspensions/bannings unless all of
>>>>>us are in agreement.  So any time there is any action, you should know the vote
>>>>>was 3-0.  So some times we may appear to be slow in taking action, but on the
>>>>>other hand when we do take action - it's unaminous.  That protects memebers
>>>>>somewhat against kneejerk reactions to posts.
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael Byrne
>>>>>Moderator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Well done, but why has this been done behind the curtains?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>
>>>How else would you do it?  Do you want the moderators to discuss
>>>Vincent, his postings, their opinions, _all_ in public?  That would
>>>not be a good way to operate.  We vote on the moderators, and then we
>>>let them moderate.  If we don't like the way they do their job, we vote
>>>for someone else next time...
>>
>>
>>
>>That's certainly not the way democracy works. As CCC is supposed to work like a
>>democracy, things like that should be done in the open.
>>
>>A simple message "The moderators have decided to ban Vincent for a month because
>>of his repeated violations of the CCC charter" would have been enough. If people
>>want to discuss the decision, well it's not forbidden.
>>
>>I'm definitely *against* hiding the moderators' work. When somebody steps on the
>>line, the moderators can contact him by email and/or post a "MODERATION" message
>>in answer to the offending message. I'm in favor of a public warning.
>>
>>When somebody is banned, it deserves a public announcement. If it does not, what
>>will???
>>
>>Transparency in the moderators' work is important. In any democracy, the justice
>>decisions are published officially.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>Actually, that is wrong.  When someone gets fired from a company, does that
>get publicized?  Nope.  It is a private matter unless the person getting fired

I have never worked for a company that operated as a democracy. Have you? (I
have heard of companies run by Quakers that were run as democracies, but I think
that that it's pretty rare. I don't know how they go about firing someone.)

Also I always find it disconcerting when a coworker disappears from a company
without any notice. Really resembles a dictatorship more than a democracy.



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