[WSIS CS-Plenary] this list is in trouble...

[karen banks]

hi everyone

Thanks anriette for responding.. nothing to add from me..

adam and i continue to check legitimate subscriptions when we can - 
but we provide no moderation (and to be honest - the list has never 
been moderated in the sense of moderating content - the list has 
always been self-moderated by the community of subscribed users).

However, in this instance, we have removed the offending address.

I am going to ask our technical support people to look into the 
possible hacking of subscribed addresses

karen

At 19:47 10/02/2009, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
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>Hello all
>
>Just to confirm what has been said:
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>- APC is still donating server time and space towards hosting this list
>
>- Subscription is public, so anyone can subscribe, but the request for
>subscription is held for approval by the volunteer moderators who are,
>currently, Adam Peake and Karen Banks
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>- However, the spirit of this list has been one of open and free
>participation, and it is in no way linked to WSIS accreditation;
>therefore the moderators are not under any obligation to spend too much
>time on checking who new subscribers are.. as long as they appear to
>have some interest in information society issues potential subscribers
>are likely to be approved
>
>- The purpose of the list has evolved, and while it is has been less
>active, it could still play a role in sharing information, and, as
>Charles Geiger has pointed out, to communicate specifically around the
>WSIS follow-up process which for many of us is still important
>
>APC is happy to continue to support this list, but we are not in a
>position to monitor it closely. That we leave to the participants.. and
>based on the discussion in this thread, you are doing a very good job at
>dealing with inappropriate content.
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>Best
>
>Anriette
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