[nabs-l] A Thought on E-mail Decorum

[Michelle Clark]

Hello,

I have been watching the posts for a while and have a few observations that
we all should be thoughtful of. Please take these as words for thoughts and
not a means to start another battle of the emails.

1. I find many of the conversations lively and enlightening however, on
occasion, the remarks come across as this list serve is for personal use.
And members do not care if the world reads some of the things they are
thinking. .
2.   I feel we should bear in mind that everything that is written in places
such as these goes out into the "who knows where sphere" and can be there
forever.
3. As a reader, I have formed opinions of some just from the messages that
have been written.   
4. In the world in which we now live, it is stuff like this that future
employers find and use as a basis for not employing you no matter what your
credentials say. As a former employer, I did not want the person who was a
smart mouth or had bad team player habits. That can be counter productive to
the entire team.   
5. Although we feel that we are in a semi closed circle here, who knows who
is on this list and reading these posts as well? That person may be the
source of future employment, a recommendation, or someone who has some say
so.  I would not want to find that a member of NABS was excluded because of
sometimes ill thought out comments in this forum.

In conclusion, please be careful what you write. Do not get caught up in the
passion of the fight. If you feel that strong about what a person has said,
one suggestion is to write them "off line" or just ignore them.  Another
good email practice is to not read posts from persons who you feel in
advance you will not agree with.  . 

Thanks,

Michelle