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>SJ>1. Brian called a poll on whether I was "abusing the group" without
>the courtesy of letting me know privately his intentions first. This
>is a fundamental breach of ordinary natural justice, let alone
>Christian standards (Mt 18:15-17).
>
>2. Prior notice would have given me the opportunity to put my side of
>the case. In particular, I would have reminded Brian and the `voters,
>that I had already *3 weeks before* apologised and agreed to change
>my ways:
>
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>On Tue, 07 Jan 97 20:47:13 +0800, Stephen Jones wrote:
>
>>First, a bit of housekeeping. My last mail download was 218
>>messages! It has taken me 3 weeks to read and answer them. I
>>apologise for the great batch you will receive. Please don't complain
>>that they are late or that there are too many - I agree with you and
>>I apologise! :-)
>>
>>My new strategy will be to filter all mail with "Steve", "Stephen"
>>"SJ" and "Jones" into a separate in-basket. I will answer those
>>first before I look at the other mail in my in-basket. I will try to
>>post my replies at least weekly and ignore the rest. This means I may
>>not see anything posted to the Reflector without my name in it. If you
>>particularly want me to see it, you may have to cc. it to me.
>>Thanks.
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>
>SJ>I might ask Brian why he announced his snap poll, in view of the
>above? I might also ask those who voted `yes' why they did so, in
>view of the above?
>
>2. The message was not cc'ed to me and because I was only reading
>messages with "Stephen" or "Jones" in them in order to catch up, and
>Brian's message contained neither, I did not even see it. The poll
>was all over when I heard about it from a lurker.
>
But on Tues. Jan 7 you wrote (see above):
>>My new strategy will be to filter all mail with "Steve", "Stephen"
>>"SJ" and "Jones" into a separate in-basket. I will answer those
>>first before I look at the other mail in my in-basket.
Which is it?
Brian Harper
Associate Professor
Applied Mechanics
The Ohio State University
"Should I refuse a good dinner simply because I
do not understand the process of digestion?"
-- Oliver Heaviside