SCN: Re: principles

[emailer1]

I cranked up my super-duper "Scanalyzer" to determine the core message of
the following senders:

*    Joe Mabel.
*    Steve Guest,
*    T. Locke
*    JJ
*    Patrick Fisher

The results follow.

Joe Mabel:    We're 10 years out of date;  let's catch up!

Steve Guest:    Don't expect any changes.

T. Locke:    Did I tell you about my Kiosk idea?

JJ:    SCN is incompatible with upgraded service.

P. Fisher:    Things are fine at SCN.



----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Guest <steve at groupworks.org>
To: <scna-board at scn.org>; J. Johnson <jj at scn.org>
Cc: <scn at scn.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: Re: SCN: Re: principles


> Joe and others
> And again staying personal and not the official response
>
> There are several things here.  First your logic is flawed and you should
> have reread my comments before drawing a conclusion.  You asked "Is SCN
> actually to be limited to seeing no farther than our elected officials?"
> while I clearly stated that even though the UW (not the City) concluded we
> need do no further expansion of public access - both SCN and the City were
> continuing to work on this.  It is the fact that with such "evidence"
> around, it is the other funders that will not anti up and support this.
The
> philanthropists are putting their limited money resources where it is said
> to be most needed - and currently this seems to be going to New York.  So
> there was no political statement - just a set of facts.
>
> I agree that any 501(c)3 Board, and especially at this time of cash flow
> challenges, should be concentrating on just two things - long term
strategy
> and fundraising.  It would seem that for some the SCN Board is still not
> there yet.  Plus, it must be remembered, it is not easy to have a long
term
> strategy, when you are being sued for more money than you have.
>
> Finally - we have discussed services before - as you seem to be admitting
to
> being one of the planners of SCN - then some decisions where taken then
that
> have never been revisited.  As the day-to-day manager, my current tasks
have
> been aimed at providing a service which can exist within the initially
> created funding model and the environment that we have.  Long term plans
> must address all of these issues.  The Board does realize this, because I
> point it out to them on a regular basis.  So it is fine to sit and discuss
> the introduction of great and wonderful services, but do not expect a
> positive response if it does not also have a matching funding model which
is
> both legal or practical.
>
> SCN is a non-profit business and needs to be managed as such.  Currently
it
> is one of the few that does not pay any of its officers.  We are all
> volunteers.
>
> I would also like to add, that as far as a service is concerned, you seem
to
> belittle what we currently offer, text or otherwise.  I have repeatedly
> pointed out that SCN is still the only free email service which upholds
the
> freedom of speech and the right to anonymity.  Read the "User Agreements"
of
> Yahoo (soon to charge) and Hotmail (supposedly soon to charge) and you
will
> see that they can cut you off for any reason they wish.  I, and our legal
> support, have spent hours defending the rights of the users of the service
> when others on Yahoo, Hotmail and others have asked for their accounts to
be
> blocked because they did not like their views.  I believe this to be a
very
> important service and still unique in this area.
>
> I should remind you, that we do expect civility between our volunteers and
> their dealings with the users.  Plus we will not allow any unlawful
> interactions.
>
> I hope this helps
> Steve
>
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