[NEohioPAL] moderator's role as "gatekeeper, " civility and respect on Neohiopal, AND addendum to decision about discontinuation of the Mayfield audition discussion

[Sean Grandillo]

Just wanted to give a "younger person's" tip-of-the-hat to you Fred. 

I have a deep respect for you as a director, teacher, and friend. I'm happy to say I will add 'gatekeeper' to that list as well now! :)

Neohiopal is an invaluable resource... Thanks to you and Noah for keeping it as great as it can be. 

Sean Grandillo
seangrandillo at me.com
330-348-9694

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On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Fred Sternfeld <fredsternfeld at neohiopal.org> wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
> 
> Once again, I apologize that a lack of civility and respect was allowed to be posted on Neohiopal yesterday. 
> 
> OUR ROLE AS GATEKEEPERS
> What constitutes free speech and what crosses the line?  For 12 years Noah Budin and I have tried to avoid putting ourselves in the position of being judge, jury and censors. That is reflected in the email I sent out last night where I talked about how difficult it is to balance "free speech" and "censorship." But after more thought and discussion this morning it is time to amend that statement.  We realize now that we need to be the gatekeeper so it is time to take a stand. With that in mind, legitimate constructive criticism that promotes discussion will continue to be allowed on Neohiopal. Baseless, rude, sexist, ridiculous attacks will not.  Figuring out which is which will be our task. We may not always get it right, but we'll do our best.
> 
> The only caveat is that we rarely see the whole message when we receive a posting request to the queue. We only see the first few lines of the message in html format.  Something may slip out that we didn't know was in the message.
> 
> NO MORE DISCUSSION OF MILLER'S COMMENTS
> The discussion about Michael Miller's inappropriate attacks on Amiee Collier, Scott Spence and the Beck have run their course with many replies countering Mr. Miller's statements. So there is no need for additional comments on that. 
> 
> YOU CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF AUDITION ETIQUETTE
> But if people want to continue to discuss how auditions are run, they are welcome to do so. Please keep it constructive.  And start a new message with a new subject line so that we don't have to view all the old messages with the vitriol again.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your cooperation!
> 
> Warm Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Fred Sternfeld
> Neohiopal Ltd. Owner and Administrator
> 
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> 
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