Re: vectorlist auction policy

I'd like to apologize if I've offended anyone's kinder sensibilities by
posting the items for auction earlier. In retrospect, the proper course
of action would have been for me to send an e-mail either to the list
moderators or the list itself asking if it was okay to post items for
auction with discount. I didn't do it. I promise not to post auction
items again and not to post anything questionable without consulting the
moderators first.

But, while I'm not as sure now, at the time I posted the message I was
under the distinct impression that someone had posted that it was
acceptable to put auctions on the list if there was a discount for list
members. The clarified policy, of course, overrides this. I only state
this so that those who may be miffed by my transgression of the spirit
of the rules not think too ill of me for my motivations. I really
didn't feel that I was sneaking around any agreements.

Well, I guess I just wasn't thinking which is pretty embarrassing
considering I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy.

I really appreciate the quality of discussion on this list and realize
that I probably marred that if only for a few moments by posting for
auction what really were some pretty common items. So take care, all,
and thanks for letting me stay, Paul and Joe!

-Peter

Paul Labuda wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> Thanks for the opportunity to set this in stone. Joe called me about this
> message, and we hammered together this vectorlist policy, effective
> immediately:
>
> NO AUCTION POSTS. NO FOR SALE POSTS. Nada. Zip. Nothing.
>
<snip>

>
> - Paul Labuda
> longhorn@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
>
Received on Thu Mar 18 14:41:18 1999