[svlug] A request for your input.

[Edward Cherlin]

So, Bill, is that Spam munging in your addy? Well, just in case, I'm
sending it both ways. I don't approve of spam munging, but life is too
short to get worked up over it.

On 3/17/07, Bill Bell <billnspm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Paul Reiber" <reiber at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: reiber at gmail.com
> >To: "lmth at deakin.edu.au" <lmth at deakin.edu.au>
> >CC: svlug at lists.svlug.org
> >Subject: Re: [svlug] A request for your input.
> >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:37:33 -0700
> >
> > > I sincerely apologize for the spammish nature of this e-mail - I
> > > don't mean to abuse this list.
> >
> >Lara - fear not - no need to apologize.
> >
>
> Do not presume to speak for me.
>
> It was spam.
>
> >This email (and the associated survey) is exactly the sort of thing
> >we're here for!
>
> Really?  Lug mailing lists are there for spammers to abuse?
>
> spam=UBE  Unsolicited Bulk Email


There is more than one definition of Spam. At Coalition Against UCE
(www.cauce.org) we define it as UCE rather than UBE, because we don't
care how many copies other people got. One UCE is Spam. Under our
proposal for outlawing Spam, Bulk just means more people can sue in
state court for $500 per message.

LUG mailing lists are for discussions of Free Software. Lara's post is
on topic and non-commercial. I rest my case.

If you would like to have a LUG meeting on the issue of Spam, speak
up. I'll be glad to make a presentation on the prospects of dumping
the CAN-SPAM Act and getting a genuine anti-spam law through a
Democratically-controlled Congress, and you can have your say in
whatever form you and the group agree on.

Paul and Bill wrote:

>>Hi, Bill!  I'm Paul Reiber... President of SVLUG...  Great to meet you!


> Since I'm not allowed to vote for the office,


 Why can't you vote? Not a member?

 > it doesn't mean much to me.

 That's just rude. You are presuming to dictate policy on a list
organized by others, and to object to a duly-elected officer of the
group. If you don't like the way we do things, I know of no
alternative for you but to take your marbles and go home. If you have
a better idea, you can talk to me about it offline, and others will be
free to join in our conversation if they like.

>>I'm not presuming to speak for you - but I _am_ speaking for SVLUG.

Hear, hear. Thanks, Paul.
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