Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!yale!husc6!cfa!ward
From: ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: comp.sources.unix
Summary: volunteer service
	 praise, appreciation, for good work
Message-ID: <1262@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU>
Date: 4 Nov 88 14:49:10 GMT
References: <2565@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <7541@well.UUCP>
Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics
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In article <7541@well.UUCP>, pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
> In the referenced message, cs313s34@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Cs313s34) wrote:
> >If the group is really dead, can't we give it a decent
> >burial and get it off the net ?                   
> 
> Don't be silly, you don't nuke a valuable net resource just because one
> moderator goes on vacation.
> 
> Still, these vacations do seem to be rather frequent lately, and not just
> for this one group.  Suggestion: every moderated group should be required
> to have at least two moderators.
> ---
>> Jef

R$alz has done an admirable job as moderator of the aforementioned
newsgroup, and we should all be grateful.  I don't mean to imply that
the commentary is ungrateful, but I think that it is a disservice to
everyone.   It is darn hard to do something on a strictly volunteer
basis with excellence and regularity.  Little things like work, a
personal life, and other minor irritations always get in the way.
I would say public thanks are in order, and if you really the problem
serious enough to warrant email, discuss it personally and privately
with the principal party.

I like to get source postings ASAP, too.  I'll certainly "suffer" with
slowdowns or other "problems" for a service that has been and still is
very well done, and free, and requires no effort on my part.

I am not asking anyone to give R$alz a break, just what he deserves:

lots of thanks, and personal treatment.  He is real, alive, and
approachable.  I know it can be said that the net service is being
discussed, not the person behind it, but I don't see how you make the
separation in this case.  Discussing someone in the third party makes
it seem as if they had passed on.

flames to /dev/nul

Steve W.    ward@cfa.harvard.edu