[pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Mark,

Thank you for creating an option for a difficult situation.

By the way, you did a great job in Washington this year on the Institute
Team.

-John Parham



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )
> From: Mark Purney <mark.purney at mesapiano.com>
> Date: Tue, July 24, 2012 11:22 pm
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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.