[CAUT] Requirements for contributing - Time to chill?

[Fred Sturm]

On Jul 12, 2008, at 6:46 AM, David Skolnik wrote:

>
> It may be time to step back,

	Yes, I think we have probably aired the issues sufficiently for this  
venue. For some reason Chris Solliday chose to "harass" Kendall about  
membership (singling him out personally), and Kendall responded  
eloquently (though a bit too copiously) about his reasons for not  
being a member (raising a number of additional topics concerning PTG  
membership and RPT status and testing along the way).
	PTG, membership, testing, RPT status, are all important to all of us,  
but I don't think we need to hash these things out at length on this  
list. I thank Kendall for taking the time to expound his own point of  
view. We don't often hear that point of view "from the outside," as  
"outsiders" aren't often part of our conversation. Several caut  
subscribers are politically active in PTG, and now these ideas and  
opinions have been brought to their attention.
	Should there be a desire to pursue this particular topic further, I  
understand it is quite easy to set up another listserv (it doesn't  
have to be ptg-l, and meet with any requirements for participation).  
Or people can do it the old-fashioned way, and simply create a group  
and hit "reply all" (off list).
	Meanwhile, I, for one, wish to welcome Kendall to the caut list. It's  
good to have someone who writes intelligently and politely, and who  
has insight and curiosity to offer.

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu