[admin-discuss] List moderator action

This is to inform this list, that acting as the list moderator for the admin-discuss mailing list, I have restricted Dan Harkin’s posting rights to the list in response to his message below, which I consider to be unprofessional, uncivil and racist.  Racism takes many forms and attacking, belittling and ridiculing anti-racist efforts or sentiment is one of them.

In taking this action I have taken a lead from the SOP for the IETF Discussion List moderators [1] and given the egregious nature of this post, moved immediately to a level 2 action and restricted posting.  I have also consulted with the IESG and LLC Board chair before taking this action.

Jay

[1]  https://github.com/ietf/Moderators/blob/main/sop.md

> On 9 Sep 2022, at 07:07, Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>   Well the other thing to keep in mind about masking is that "it remains an
> act of solidarity & respect" for... BIPOC (natch). In other words it's a
> massive virtue signal and we cannot, and should not, discount members desires
> to publicly proclaim they remain in solidarity with, and publicly express
> respect for, BIPOC. Basically, if you don't put on a mask you're just a bad
> person who does not respect BIPOC. So put on your mask. It probably won't
> impact viral load but it will signal your virtue.
> 
>     https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1567843150374256640
> 
>   Dan.
> 
> On 8/30/22 7:13 AM, Jay Daley wrote:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I’ve had an offlist suggestion for a different COVID management policy for future IETF meetings (i.e. 116 and possibly after that), which is that we ask all onsite participants to take a rapid antigen test each morning and confirm that is clear before participating and then masks are optional and there is no vaccination requirement.  It would be useful to hear what people think of that.
>> 
>> cheers
>> Jay
>> 
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