Ansteorran Rules Website Overhaul

Paul T. Mitchell ptm2792 at utarlg.uta.edu
Thu Aug 1 05:08:09 PDT 1996



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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Vicki Marsh wrote:

> Greetings from HL Zahra Zena,
> In reponse to the messages from Lorraine, Kein and Keif
> 
> >I HATE censorship, but, there are things that we do not need to put
> >in such an open forum as the internet. We need to think what kind of
> >repurcussions some of the information will have on people's lives.
> 
> 
> After these last two weeks, I think it is a good time to reflect on what we
> put out on the net and the W.W.W.  
> We have entered into a paradox here, where we want open information and wish
> to put it out into the public, and yet we must stop and think about the
> people that will be effected.  
> When I became a Kingdom Officer, I understood that my name, phone number,
> etc. would be published in a newsletter and that it would be put out on the
> web.  This is the vulnerability that occurs when you become an officer and
> public representative of a group. Any nut can call you. And they do.
> 
> Perhaps we should refrain from putting too much information out on the
> internet about events.  A calender of events is good, and a list of officers
> who can be contacted for the individual groups is good.  A complete event
> announcement with a map, etc. may be too much information.
> 
> We are being forced, as an internet community, to develop ethics of
> behavior, beyond those imposed upon us by exterior forces.  This is a good
> thing.
> 
> My two bezants worth...
> 
> 
> ZZT
> 
> 



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