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you sent html as opposed to an email message. as i do not use a web browser to read mail, i can not read your message. if you want me to read your email, send email. randy > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:02:52 -0400 > From: "Don Welch, Merit Network" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], 'Betty Burke' <[email protected]>, > 'Mary Eileen McLaughlin' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Removal of my name > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > NANOG Community,<br> > The issue of altering the NANOG Archive has come up and I wish to > present Merit's position on the matter. <br> > <br> > The NANOG Acceptable Use Policy as it currently stands includes the > following:<br> > <br> > 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issues > as described in the <a href="http://www.nanog.org/charter.html">charter</a> > of NANOG. > <br> > 2. Postings of issues inconsistent with the charter are prohibited.<br> > :<br> > 4. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and > lack of respect for other participants are prohibited.<br> > :<br> > <br> > The part of the post in dispute is not operational or technical and > clearly shows a lack of > respect for a participant. The subject of the post and not the poster > requested that we remove his name from the post in the Archive. Merit > has decided to replace the subject's name with "NAME REMOVED". Since > this post was not allowed, we believe that we are correcting our > mistake in a way that we > think has the least impact on the integrity of the archive. We are not > removing the post > itself. The poster's name and the rest of the text are intact. The > topic of the post is still clear even though the individual targeted is > not. Operational or technical content was not modified.<br> > <br> > We have considered a number of things in making this decision > including: the age of the post, the reason for the request and Merit's > legal exposure. We let the Steering Committee know what we were > doing. If you disagree, do not blame the Steering Committee although > we consulted with the Steering Committee, it was my decision.<br> > <br> > This issue has been helpful in that it pointed out some shortcomings in > our policies and notification mechanism. We are working with the > Steering Committee to address those now. <br> > <br> > We are not > removing a thoughtless post at the request of the poster and do not > anticipate doing so in the future. <br> > <br> > This issue is unique and does not represent a blanket policy. Any > request to modify the archive is a serious issue that requires > consultation with the Steering Committee and must be balanced against > the loss of archive integrity.<br> > <br> > See you at NANOG 38!<br> > <br> > Cheers,<br> > Don > <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> > <title>Standard Signature</title> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> > <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name="GENERATOR"> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Donald J. Welch, Ph.D.</font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">President & CEO</font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Merit Network, Inc.</font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a > href="http://www.merit.edu">www.merit.edu</a></font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">734-764-8450</font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">1000 Oakbrook Drive</font></div> > <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Ann Arbor, MI 48104</font></div> > </div> > </body> > </html>
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