[Paddlewise] paddlewise policy

I agree with Jackie. It is not an easy task to keep a forum like this 
operating smoothly.  I have several forums which I try to keep 
relatively commercial free. Some messages skirt the line and if you 
let them go too far, things can get out of hand. I ended up having to 
ban someone for straying too far from the guidelines for behavior I 
ask people to live by. I may not have had to kick him off if I had 
been more stringent about enforcement. I really didn't want to have 
to resort to banning as it detracts from the whole goal of my forum. 
But, as former readers of wavelength will remember, one individual 
who wants to flaunt good behavior can ruin the whole forum.

Keep it up Jackie. It is your list and you have the right to set and 
enforce the rules as you choose. You have good reasons for rules and 
they are a large part about why a lot of us read this list. If people 
don't like them they can create their own forum with their own rules 
as you did when wavelength got out of hand. I sympathize with the 
task, it is generally thankless.

Thanks,
  Nick


>  > .. how about discussing this topic some more
>
>It's not an easy task to maintain the list and keep it commercial free.
>However, the policy is clear.  Anyone on PaddleWise is free to point us
>to their personal website (as long as it isn't a commercial promotion). 
>Commercial prommotion is against list policy. 
>
>This policy is an original list-policy and is not debatable.  PaddleWise
>will remain commercial free as long as I maintain the list.  There are
>plenty of forums available for commercial posts.
>
-- 
Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847

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