From: Buzz Szarek (buzz@toast.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 17:25:01 PST
Out of concern for the privacy of those who are willing to help I've seen it
done as follows:
Anyone who puts their name on the list offering to help out gets a copy of
the list.
It's up to you but be sure to be very clear about how you will distribute
peoples names and addresses. These days it's a sensitive matter.
Best of luck in your efforts!
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stewart-Smith" <john_stewartsmith@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:46 AM
Subject: [MV] road service
> Dear List, Sarge here,
> I am totally overwhelmed by the responses to the suggestion to start a "MV
> roadside help" list. There were 35 e-mails supporting the idea and no
> negative e-mails at all. It sounds like it's a go. I would like to clear
up
> one possible misconception. I do believe that I may have been the first
one
> to publish my telephone number on the list with an offer to help fellow
> MV'ers in trouble, however the credit for the idea of starting a list
> belongs to Arthur Bloom.
> From the 35 positive replies there were 14 offers of roadside help along
> with telephone numbers and locations. There was even one from Manitoba and
> one from Denmark. Great!
> So now what?
> I did offer to publish all of these names and numbers on a web page, but
> amongst the replies were two offers from MV'ers with web experience to
> create a web page. As I have almost no web publishing experience, I will
> defer to their abilities. They were Mark Copeland and Kerry Bernstein. I
am
> very grateful for their help. I do not wish to be seen as pawning off the
> job, but they did offer and they sound as if they would do a better job
than
> myself. Mark and Kerry, please contact me.
> I would like to suggest a few ground rules:
> A) For people who are on the help list:
> 1) You are under no obligation to help, this is strictly a volunteer
basis.
> 2) If at any time you wish your name to be removed from the list, it will
be
> done within 48 hours, no questions asked.
> B) For people using the help list:
> 1) Never take unfair advantage of the people on the list.
> 2) You do not need to be on the list to use it.
> 3) Never use the list for any commercial reason whatsoever.
> C) For people maintaining the list:
> 1) At least 3 people capable of modifying the content within 24 hours
> (passwords etc.)
> 2) Must handle all complaints of abuse within 24 hours.
> 3) All 3 people must publish their e-mail addresses on the web page, along
> with these rules.
> I strongly believe in the KISS (keep it simple, stupid!) principle, so
let's
> not overly complicate these rules. There have already been several good
> suggestions, and please keep sending them. Gripes are welcome too. How
about
> a catchy name for the list? Something that will not inflate my head!
> Thank you all...
> -The Sarge
>
>
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