At 12:29 AM 12/27/97 -0500, Kathleen Bruce wrote: >That subscriber, by the way, is nomail, and has not responded to my note >telling her *again* about the rules, and the consequences of breaking them. I'd be thankful she's nomail and not responding. But I'm a firm believer in letting sleeping dogs lie. Or the female of dogs if appropriate. (as a breeder, I don't consider bitch a dirty word, but know others do) >We do not have a piece in our rules about subscribers getting reinstated if >20% of the subscribership votes them back in after being unsubscribed for >breaking rules. Do most of you have that clause in your welcome notes >enabling problem subscribers to lobby and get back on? I've never heard of such rules, but my philosophy is a bit different than yours, I believe. I'm in charge of the rules, I make them, I enforce them, I interpret them. The rules may not be discussed on list, though I'm always glad to have input by private email. On a list where it is "democratic" like yours, such might be appropriate. cheers dan Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, Idaho 83716-7115 USA 208-383-0165 [log in to unmask] http://www.84.com/ (check out our 1997 holiday letter) http://library.idbsu.edu/ http://cyclops.idbsu.edu/ http://www.lili.org/ Sent me a postcard of a library yet? You'll get something nice in return.