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[Maggie]

Several women actually wrote me offlist to thank me for speaking up the way
I did so.... You win or lose either way. Lady Lazarus and all that.

--Maggie

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Thomas Koenig <fossa at gmx.li> wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:58:12 +0200, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> > A couple of months ago, I asked Sarah Stierch to help me administer this
> > list. AFAIK, she's the only other list owner, at the moment. So I am
> > going
> > to leave this question in her hands, and in the hands of subscribers
> > here.
> > It's up to you, what kind of space you want this to be. I'd encourage
> > you to
> > talk about it :-)
>
> It's a list about a contentious topic, so there will inevitably be some
> conflict. "Moderation" will not help, but harm an open debate, as it
> creates unequal power relationships between the moderators and "ordinary
> members". I don't read foundation-l, but I find it problematic to call a
> discussion "destructive", especially, if one does not refer to specific
> instances. Such talk creates an uneasy atmosphere, particularly, when it
> comes from persons in the position of power and authority.
>
> Thomas aka Fossa
>
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