I think it is time for us to move on to actually reviewing and modifying the policies. There a few things that I am beginning to believe. ( not rigidly, just a starting point).
If you look at the current Policy, you will see that it is written with sections that attempt to make the reader understand why we have the policies and what it is we are trying to accomplish with them. I suspect that when I wrote them, I skimped on the goals and perhaps detailed the specifics too much, not sure, but definetly skimped on the goals area.
In many of my private discussions with some of you and members of the board, I spoke about moderating based on the "spirit" of the policies more than the words of the policies. Whether or not that should be the way, let's wait until we are ready to dissect the procedures.
Most of you actually display a very good understanding of what I intended. Barbara, said one of them, civility. I can add welcoming both directly and indirectly. Helpful,. would be another. Of course, just those words by themselves don't get all of it.
I have to confess, I knew what I wanted to achieve and I wrote a whole list of don't's. Then I wrote the goals. That is backward. So I propose we use this thread to start develop a new goals section for the policies that better define the both the spirit and some specifics of what we want to accomplish.
I beg you to participate in this discussion. If we do this right, then rules and and even the gray areas will be easier to deal with.
BTW, as you think about this, ignore the off topic forum. Pretend we only have woodworking and site related forums. I will explain why, in another thread.
Again please participate.
If you look at the current Policy, you will see that it is written with sections that attempt to make the reader understand why we have the policies and what it is we are trying to accomplish with them. I suspect that when I wrote them, I skimped on the goals and perhaps detailed the specifics too much, not sure, but definetly skimped on the goals area.
In many of my private discussions with some of you and members of the board, I spoke about moderating based on the "spirit" of the policies more than the words of the policies. Whether or not that should be the way, let's wait until we are ready to dissect the procedures.
Most of you actually display a very good understanding of what I intended. Barbara, said one of them, civility. I can add welcoming both directly and indirectly. Helpful,. would be another. Of course, just those words by themselves don't get all of it.
I have to confess, I knew what I wanted to achieve and I wrote a whole list of don't's. Then I wrote the goals. That is backward. So I propose we use this thread to start develop a new goals section for the policies that better define the both the spirit and some specifics of what we want to accomplish.
I beg you to participate in this discussion. If we do this right, then rules and and even the gray areas will be easier to deal with.
BTW, as you think about this, ignore the off topic forum. Pretend we only have woodworking and site related forums. I will explain why, in another thread.
Again please participate.
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