[governance] Mailing list shorthand

[Rui Correia]

Well done, Milton!!! so, let's add "IST" - "I second that", sometime known
as a "metoo". Guess this will become a CA and a WT.

PS: As pointed out by Milton, those who pay our way through, if we don't get
to these meetings with the free drinks, would you - BS - consider freeing up
the internet for drinks delivery? Otherwise, anybody from CS, please next
time you see Kieran, ask for a drink on my name, I'm sure I already qualify,
having used four of his UN acronyms, plus added a new one.

Rui

On 07/10/2007, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>
> Kieren:
> This is funny, thanks! In the same spirit, let me propose to add another
> acronym to your list:
>
> APE: Apologia by Paid Employees.
>
> These are recurrent posts by employees of institutions that come under
> criticism on this list, designed to protect and defend the institution
> and/or its policies. Lists that have too many APEs tend to break down after
> a while, as there is an imbalance between the volunteer civil society actors
> who can only sustain these dialogues in their spare time, and the
> professional, well-funded employees who derive their salaries from the taxes
> imposed on the public by the institution they defend.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kieren McCarthy [mailto:kierenmccarthy at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:09 PM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > Subject: [governance] Mailing list shorthand
> >
> > I was going to ask if there are any rules of behaviour for this list,
> but
> > then thought better of it.
> >
> > Then I thought I might propose some. And definitely thought better of
> > that.
> >
> > So instead I have come up with a list of useful shorthand acronyms that
> > could be used in place of silence. Excellence in use to be rewarded by a
> > free drink from ICANN's general manager of public participation at an
> > ICANN
> > meeting of your choice.
> >
> >
> >
> > AH - Ad Hominum attack. A list favourite and an excellent way of
> avoiding
> > substantive discussion.
> >
> > BS - Bait Served. To help highlight when someone is being specifically
> > provoked into an angry response.
> >
> > BT - Bait Taken. When someone is daft enough to respond to the BS.
> >
> > CA - Circular Argument. For those emails that cover the same issue with
> > the
> > same points all over again.
> >
> > CT - Conspiracy Theory. For use when someone offers dark mutterings
> > without
> > a drop of factual evidence.
> >
> > NIA - Not ICANN Again. For when it all gets too much.
> >
> > NAI - North American Ideology. Not to be confused with NIA. Particular
> > useful when issues of access arise.
> >
> > UN - Utter Nonsense. Not to be confused with the United Nations, which
> > breeds it own particular type of nonsense.
> >
> > WT - Wasting Time. When a decision is approaching deadline and the list
> > goes
> > off on a three-day tangent.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I would like to start off the process by officially labeling this
> message
> > "BS".
> >
> >
> >
> > Kieren
> >
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