From: Richard Lathrop (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 07:43:04 PST
Acutally the list does have a moderator, Arthur Kyle, he just seems to be on a very extended holiday.
Every once in awhile he would moderate the forum.
The following are the guidelines everyone gets when they joined the list and are posted on the website.
The military vehicles mailing list is a forum for those who privately own or are interested in military vehicles from any country and of any type, from bicycles to tanks.
Discussion can cover repair of vehicles, buying and selling vehicles and spare parts, weapons, paint, markings, technical documentation, and notification of clubs, parades, and conventions for military vehicle owners. Most any discussion concerning issues of interest to military vehicle collectors is appropriate, though military matters beyond historical background would likely belong on sci.military.
Military LR (Land Rover), Jeep, and HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or "Hummer") discussions are certainly appropriate, and there will be some overlap with lists dedicated to civilian LR, Jeep, and Hummer ownership. Mil-veh is most appropriate for talking about the numerous military versions of such cross-over vehicles.
Please do not post binaries to the list. We all like to see photos of MVs, but mailing them to the entire list clogs up the system and people's mailboxes. Instead, post a short pointer to where readers can find the pictures (ftp site, URL, whatever) or offer to e-mail them privately.
Likewise, do not post in MIME or HTML. Post messages in plain text only. MIME/HTML messages will be bounced by the list software.
Please do not post test messages to the list, or off-topic messages.
Although brief, personal "For Sale" or "Wanted" postings are appropriate, please check withbefore making commerical postings that are not in direct response to a question posted to the list. If you own or are involved with a business and your posting concerns that business, it would be a commerical posting. In any case, only messages with a direct connection to the private ownership of military vehicles are appropriate.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: jonathon <jemery@execpc.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:03:59 -0600 (CST)
>>. We need a moderator to
>>confine us to what this list
>>is about : mil-vehs.
>> Who wants to police this mess?
>
>Don't mean to be negative but what your saying sounds like the legislature
>saying to the public "please let us pass this campaign finance reform bill
>because we can't police ourselves".
>
>The person who pays for this list has set down some very simple rules. Many
>seem to think that their grandmothers chocolate chip cookie recipe is valid
>MV content because they would eat them while working on their MV, or other
>such drivel, Fine.... post what ever you want.
>
>We don't need a moderator however, all we need is for the bulk of us to
>realize that the fastest way to kill an off topic post is to not reply to
>it, JUST DON'T REPLY. I guess if I was lawyer Johnny Cochran I could say
>"don't reply and it will die"
>
>that is all,
>
>je
>
>
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