[Paddlewise] Policy Intended To Protect PaddleWise Members From Misquotings

Dear PaddleWisers,

I just received a request by Tamia Nelson (and have learned I am not 
the only PaddleWise member to receive such a request from Ms. Nelson) 
to quote directly from my postings on the PaddleWise list for a follow-up 
article to her Commando Camping article.  Due to past experiences at
having been misquoted and quoted out of context, I respectfully
declined.  However, a notice has been issued by Tamia Nelson that
she intends to paraphrase quotes from our discussion and errors could
be made in the paraphrasing as a result of not being able to obtain 
permission for quotes.  This article is to be run on her commercial-
based paddling website.

PaddleWise policy has always been that messages in this forum are not
to be forwarded outside the PaddleWise forum without the author's
permission in order that subscribers here may engage in frank and open 
discussion about issues without fear of having their messages misquoted 
or quoted out of context in another forum.  That confidence has been 
violated by a member here who has forwarded messages from PaddleWise
to Ms. Nelson who now intends to use those messages, with or without
permission, for a follow-up article. 

I do not have the power to prevent such violations other than once 
discovering the violator, to remove them from the list.  The adherence
to this policy primarily depends on the honor system.  So I plead with
all subscribers here to please respect your fellow members in this list 
and respect the policy established to protect open and free exchange on 
this list.  This is *your* community and it's success is determined by
the mutual respect and consideration of all its members.

Thank you,

Jackie
list-owner
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