> At USC, we have the reverse as policy.  I make it perfectly clear
> to the listowner that the listowner (or primary listowner,
> if more than one) is the ultimate, final authority on the list, including
> the contents of the list, and the list options (within acceptable parameters).
> Subscribers, if they refuse to accept this, may set up their own list,
 
This is not necessarily the reverse of anything.  My choice to be list
mechanic and to let the subscribers determine the content could be deemed
the exercising of my "authority" as listowner.
   --Natalie ([log in to unmask])