Re: Terminology discussion threads

[Nico Williams <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 09:48:27AM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 8/13/20 9:32 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
> > As Cos and Barbara pointed out, it is not criticism of the IESG that is
> > being moderated.
> 
> To the extent that a few people have included both a discussion of
> the decision and criticism of the proposal in a single piece of
> email, it effectively is.
> 
> I think more clarity around this would be helpful.  It should be
> clearer, in particular, that discussion of the process is not out-
> of-bounds.  If that discussion turns toxic, as well, it can be
> dealt with at that time.  But I think limiting it now is a mistake.

Thank you so much for the above post.  I mean that sincerely.  We can be
on different sides of an issue like this one and still be kind to each
other and see how the other sides' positions can be legitimate, or
legitimate enough to be deserving of space to debate.

Nico
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