Well, Looks like even the most veteran G-lers get these two addresses
mixed up. This message was intended for gambia-l-REQUEST@maelstrom (the
managers sublist) and not Gambia-l@Maelstrom (the general list).
Nevertheless, it will be interesting to hear from the general membership.

Malanding Jaiteh


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> Folks,
> Now that survey results are in I thought we should start looking into
> how to address some of the concerns and recommendations.
>
> Two things came out from the responses.
> 1. there is too much personal attacks and insults.
> 2. Politicization of every debate.
>
> While some believe that everyone should be allowed to speak their mind
> majority expressed concerned over debates turning into personal attacks
> and insults. Overwhelming majority of respondents said, postings which
> are found personally offending should be removed.
>
> There are those who believed that introduction of submailing lists could
> provide members with "a la carte" menu of choices. That way members
> choose what they like. In response to that Momodou Camara suggested we
> experiment with the idea before introduction. Perhaps we can re-visit
> that idea and see what the pros and cons are before committing ourselves.
>
> Personally one of the comments that got my attention was from Mr Momdou
> Sidibeh in his response to G-lers talkback. In it he said:
>
> "It appears to me however, that the Management needs to better
> coordinate it administrative efforts and device a more rigorous way of
> registering subscribers. Since most of us become aware of the list
> through other friends, can we not for instance, demand that subscribers
> introduce themselves (where they come from, schools they attended,
> curent location, and the name of any person that introduced them to the
> list)? Nobody walks anonimously into any village "bantabaa" in Gambia
> and starts hurling obscenities at those who express opposing views. It
> seems to me that this is a small price to pay if we want to maintain
> respectability on the "L"."
>
> I find this idea very similar to the one I proposed days before we sent
> in the survey. I think we should revisit it and see how best we can
> implement it.
>
> Must go now.
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
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