[nabs-l] NABS List Manners

[Beth Taurasi]

I don't like when people ... no names here say that the stuff I 
say is garbage.  That's completey inappropriate in my opinion.  
The opinions on this list should be no way involved with anyone, 
or those of the writers.  The opinions on this list should be 
kept carefully mannered if at all.  The fact is I don't like it 
when one person has to cut me down when I write stuff for 
instance.  Like the thing I wrote about social skills, and that 
person was indirectly implying that I had poor social skills.  He 
wrongly stated that I was "feeding garbage" to the list.  You 
were right about inappropriate comments.  Bra size is not 
appropriate for the list, as an example.
I think the list is vluable, but it seems like no one replies to 
me sometimes.  I feel left out of list activities even when I 
write.  I used to be active, but we can talk about social skills 
and tech and all things blindness.  But there are blind people 
who have compounded other disabilities who don't feel valued on 
this list.
I think the list has a lot of value for college students, but I 
have most of my good friends on this list.
Thanks.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Fernandez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:55:27 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] NABS List Manners

Good evening all,
I hope everyone's weekend was very enjoyable.
I am writing because I am deeply concerned about the manners, or 
lack
thereof, which are more and more frequently being displayed on 
the
list serv. I'll quickly remind you that the list is supposed to 
be a
resource for blind students, of all ages, young professionals, 
parents
and teachers. The list is "public" and "archivable", which means 
that
anything we write on here is easily brought up when someone, 
anyone,
conducts a Google search.
When someone inquires about software, or help with anything, 
which
relates to blindness, or has a question and asks that you contact 
them
off line, it does not mean that you can be disrespectful to that
person. The list is NOT here for insults to be thrown back and 
forth,
for inappropriate comments, or for general disrespect towards 
others.
So, here is my question, how can we improve communication among 
list
members? Does this list still have value, and if so what are the
values and how to we maintain them? Let's have a discussion about
issues and solutions. I'm probably opening a can of worms, but 
I'm
truly concerned about the tone of the messages on here, and the
frequency with which they have been occurring. Please, be polite 
and
respectful when responding to this message, and if you have 
strong
feelings you do not wish to make public, simply click on my email
address: trillian551 at gmail.com and reply to me directly.

Thank you,
Sincerely,
Your list moderator,

--
Mary Fernandez
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made 
them
feel."
--
Maya Angelou

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