[pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )

[Duaine Hechler]

List,

I am willing to hibernate as long as persons don't start subjects that on known to trigger my comments, like:

- whether I should attend conventions

- whether Associates should be serving the public

- Aural tuning vs ETD tuning

- etc, etc.

Again hibernating,
Duaine

On 07/24/2012 10:22 PM, Mark Purney wrote:
> John,
>
> I will also be blocking Duaine's posts. But we SHOULD NOT have to individually block people to make this a friendly, 
> respectful forum for communicating with each other about piano technology.
>
> I have personally asked various members of leadership why we must continue to put up with people like Duaine who 
> continuously show disrespect for others and offer nothing positive to the rest of the community. The answer is that 
> there is no official position of authority to carry this out. There is no moderator, apparently. Nobody wants the job 
> or the responsibility. There is some notion that if one person is removed for bad behavior, then it opens a can of 
> worms, and then we will have the burden of having to be fair about how such things are handled in the future, so that 
> nobody is discriminated against or treated more harshly than some other troublemaker was treated in the past. So the 
> solution is to do nothing? I'm getting tired of nothing being the solution, and seeing people like Duaine insult 
> people who don't deserve to be insulted. I don't care about Duaine's feelings. I care about the feelings of the 
> hundreds of decent people who want a friendly environment to share ideas with each other; people who know how to 
> behave like mature adults.
>
> I just don't get it. I've run and moderated a number of forums for various organizations, and it's really easy:  If 
> someone is a disrespectful jerk, they get banned. Everyone is happy, life goes on. The next disrespectful jerk to ruin 
> the party for everyone else gets banned, too. Why are we putting up with this crap? Why can't we, in the name of 
> respect and decency, set some reasonable standards of normal human behavior and draw a line? It's time for us to 
> realize that good will, a collaborative spirit, and mutual respect is far too important to let someone like Duaine 
> Hechler crap all over it day after day after day.
>
> Nobody wants the job? Give it to me, then. I'll be glad to hit the "Ban" button if nobody else has wants to take the 
> flak for making a decision.
>
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> On 7/24/2012 7:40 PM, John Formsma wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have been blissfully blocking his posts for at least 2 years now. I don't really understand why the rest of you 
>> haven't done the same. I bear him no will either, but have better things to do with my time.
>>
>> The only time I see his name is when someone responds to him. If we all blocked his emails, life would be happier.
>
>


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Duaine Hechler
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Tuning, Servicing&  Rebuilding
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