List Managers,

I am quite baffled about this whole issue of Gambia-L guidelines.  I'm eager
to find out what EXACTLY our List managers are MANAGING?  Beyond adding and
deleting subscriptions, what else are you managing?, the TITLE??  Have you
ever tried writing a stored proc to rid you off such responsibility?  I'm
pretty sure there's someone out there who can  help.  I have a bigger task
for you guys.

1.  Create a LOGICAL email directory for everyone to access.
2.  Send weekly updates to all members about new members that have joined
the list etc, OR send introductory emails to existing members.
3.  As managers, send a weekly contribution to the list (just like dem
good-ol' editors do at the front page), such as discussion topics that may
interest some, probably not everyone.

It's great to have a bantaba for ALL PEOPLE!!!  But we need to use it well.

BTW, I agree to your comment about people subscribing under some crazy
aliases (I am guilty of this).  I will unsubscribe and use my real email.
Thanks for pointing that out.


Essa


>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Reply to Lamin Conteh
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:56:18 +0100
>
>On 19 Feb 2001, at 17:04, Lamine Conteh wrote:
>
> > Mr. Camara:
> >
> > Our communication at the bantaba I come from
> > are based on truth.  We in Kombo East
> > Constituency and the rest of The Gambia believe
> > in saying the truth.
> >
> > We also believe that when one steals from you,
> > he is a thief.  We believe that when one kills,
> > he is a murderer or a butcher.  We believe that
> > when one uses religion to further his political
> > image, he is a moron.  We believe that when one
> > denies citizens the right to electoral process,
> > he is a dictator.
>
>Lamin, I agree with you on this above statements.
>Personally I have no objection in whatever you say as long as they are
>based on facts.
>As an intelligent human being, I am able to judge for myself and I don't
>have
>to be forced to.
>
> > Mr. Camara, you as a list manager of the L
> > should have the conviction to set guidelines
> > that are vividly clear.  Do not try to tell me
> > how I communicate at the bantaba in my native
> > village.  My people believe that respect should
> > be accorded to the elders, and when one violates
> > this golden rule, he should be paid back in the
> > same fashion.  The dictator summoned elders at
> > the State House and called them all kinds of
> > names. Should any serious Gambian respect an
> > individual who does not show any respect to
> > elders old enough to be his grandparents.
>
>You are quite welcome to write your suggestions for Gambia-l guidelines
>that
>are more clear and we shall look into it.
>
>I don't quite understand your logic of mixing our disagreement on the use
>of
>abusive language and the issue of dictator Yaya Jammeh. Do you admire him
>so
>much that you also have to make yourself so low to use the same way he
>talks?
>
>When a sane man begins to quarrel with a mad-man, people will not take
>notice
>of the mad-man. People will rather take notice of the sane man and start to
>wonder whether he is also getting mad.
>
>I am sorry if you think I am teaching you a moral idea here:-)
>
>My reason for asking you how you communicate in your bantaba is that I was
>wondering if you would tell me that it is quite acceptable to constantly
>keep
>on insulting each others parents and threatening each other. You have not
>said
>that and that's fine.
>
>Have a good day,
>
>Momodou Camara
>Copenhagen - Denmark
>
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