[Genealib] Family Tree Maker

[D GLENN PERDUE]

BRAVO !!  You administer the list, therefore how you define it is as it should be.
 
Glenn Perdue

--- On Sun, 7/26/09, Drew Smith <amsmith at lib.usf.edu> wrote:


From: Drew Smith <amsmith at lib.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Family Tree Maker
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 8:39 PM


First, I give back the same amount of cordiality that I receive.

Second, I do not find it to be especially "cordial" to be told how I
should define my terms.  Instead, I find it argumentative after I have
already stated what the policy of this list is in regards to what is
on topic and what is not.  Making an irrelevant reference to
auto-responders (over which I have no control and which have nothing
to do with the topic of this list) is also other than "cordial".

Third, my response wasn't heavy handed to the person who originally
asked the question.  I responded to the question, while at the same
time pointing out that their question was not suited to this list
(because it made no reference to the function of a genealogy library)
but was better suited to another list (one set up to discuss that
actual software).  I even provided a pointer to the other list.

And finally, my ability to administer this list (which I have done for
nearly 13 years with near-zero complaints and more compliments than I
could count) is also off-topic for this list.

Apologies to everyone else for my having to interrupt the normally
smooth running of this list with a response to a personal attack.
Please do carry on.  (On a relevant topic.)

Drew Smith
GENEALIB List Administrator

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM, David Walters<walters at alaweb.com> wrote:
> The lack of cordiality in your remarks is absolutely overwhelming . The fact
> that you have taken such a heavy handed response to such a benigh questio
> regarding FTM by someone who works in a geneolgical library calls into
> questtion your ability to moderate this list.
>
> David Walters
>
>> Automated out-of-office messages are inappropriate for any mailing
>> list, but they have nothing to do with whether or not a message is off
>> topic, and nothing to do with the fact that discussions of genealogy
>> software, except as they relate to the functions of genealogy
>> libraries, are off topic for this list.
>>
>> Either make the topic relevant to genealogy librarians, or drop it.
>> Is that sufficiently clear?
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