Thank you Fred and Noah for giving us Neohpal, it must be a lot to take on..without you guys we would not be here every day to have this opportunity of such a great list. So thanks for all you do here! Melissa Logsdon www.MelissaLogsdon.com<br><br><html>
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From: Fred Sternfeld <fredsternfeld@neohiopal.org><br>
Sent: 3/17/2012 3:00:15 PM <br>
To: post@neohiopal.org <post@neohiopal.org><br>
Subject: [NEohioPAL] moderator's role as "gatekeeper, " civility and respect on Neohiopal, AND addendum to decision about discontinuation of the Mayfield audition discussion
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<div>Once again, I apologize that a lack of civility and respect was allowed to be posted on Neohiopal yesterday. </div>
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<div>OUR ROLE AS GATEKEEPERS</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>NO MORE DISCUSSION OF MILLER'S COMMENTS</div>
<div>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. </div>
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<div>YOU CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF AUDITION ETIQUETTE</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Thanks for your cooperation!</div>
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<div>Warm Regards,<br clear="all">
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<div><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal.htm</a></div>
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