Bright Moments

sign me up for a download please!

i am listening to this again right now. it is wonderful and so relaxing! thanks Jim!

i love finding old threads! I am really enjoying this cd atm:

i'm in. Jim please update us from time to time to let us know if we are reaching our goal!

happy birthday!!!!

glad i have my copy!

he committed suicide

i'm over it.

Indeed!

i sure wish that ebay sellers would lower their start bid prices!

Hans - do you know of a better way that i could have raised the issue of "deleting posts" fairly and honestly without publishing the PM's? Was there anything that you said in the PM's of such a sensitive nature that it needed to be kept "private"? nobody is perfect. sometimes umpires make bad calls. being an umpire (moderator) is not an easy job. it is also not easy admitting that you made a bad call - but it is the right thing to do. can you acknowledge that you made a bad call in deleting my post?

Maybe you are right about that chris - i am not so sure. The PM was sent to me by a Moderator, in his official capacity. I wanted to fairly and honestly bring the issue to the board members for discussion and this seemed to me the fairest way to present it. I was (am) angry about the deletion of an innocuous post. I think it is wrong.

The Rules we have in this Forum are here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules I did not violate any Rule. If there really is a rule it should be written. Add it to the posted Rules. In this case Hans was overzealous in deleting my post. Deletion is a harsh sanction and should be used ONLY when one of the posted Rules has been violated.

while i agree that im most cases PM's should remain private unless both parties agree otherwise, in this case it was appropriate to publish the PM's. As a Moderator, you need to use your power and authority justly. You did not. The only recourse for me to demonstrate this injustice was to point it out publicly to expose it to those who will be affected next time, and the time after that by your ultra vires acts, unless and until you are called to task.

yes. this is the thread in question:

my comment was only: "I wish that the starting bids were 1/4 the price" or words to that effect (unfortunately i can't remember exactly and the post has been DELETED!) I did not post cheaper copies that could be obtained elsewhere or say anything else.

Hans - i don't agree with Aggie's post. Please delete it. (sarcasm intended)

Hans (J.A.W.) deleted my post which commented on the high prices a board member was seeking for his cd's on ebay. This is the email chain which followed: From Hans: Sent Today, 08:41 AM Hi, The "Offering & Looking For" forum is for selling and buying stuff only, it's not a forum to discuss prices, so please do not discuss the prices someone's asking for the stuff they're selling. Thank you. My Response: Sent Today, 01:38 PM did i miss a rule somewhere? if i did i am sorry but i don't recall ever reading a rule like this. From Hans: Sent Today, 01:49 PM No, but, as Jim has said in the past when this came up in the "Offering & Looking For" forum, criticizing asking prices is in bad taste. Of course members are free to send the seller a PM, but it should be out of the public eye. My Response: Sent Today, 07:08 PM sorry hans - i disagree. but i am fair - either put it to a vote or establish it as a written rule of the forum. i don't like or appreciate censorship. you have overstepped your authority in my opinion. ____________ Hans just deleted my post because he was offended. There is no Rule that I violated, just his opinion. This is censorship of the worst kind and i am Pissed!!!

WOW those look great - I wish i could read/understand French!

happy birthday!!!

happy birthday!!!

and rendezvous!

naw - keep it on!