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

[Chris Nusbaum]

Michelle,

All great advice! Thanks! The only thing I disagree with you on 
is not reading posts from people who you will disagree with.  
That's like saying, "Don't join an ACB list, you're probably 
gonna disagree with them." Yeah, but doesn't it help to hear 
other viewpoints? Sometimes, when I know I'm about to read a post 
from somebody I * really * disagree with, I'll read the first 
couple lines and then have to delete it and move on, though.  
Just so I can bite my tongue and not reply to it, starting 
another debate within the already passionate debate.  Just my 
thoughts!

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Clark" <mcikeyc at aol.com
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:00:21 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A Thought on E-mail Decorum

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



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