It has come to my attention that recently several people have been censored from posting to the nanog@ list. I find it a bit unusual that from such an open discussion list that membership would be censored without notice and reason to the rest of the membership. I wouldn't normally be the one to post this, but the people who have been censored in some cases I believe to be extremely valuable people to the list. My question is this: When people are removed/censored, be it temporary or permanent, could we have a notice posted to the membership as to the person, reason, and duration? Also, I realize that this sounds odd, could we add an appeals process? The idea of a single person with unilateral control over such a group, without taking into consideration the needs and desires of the group, does not seem fair. I believe that there is need for recourse in this community for a person who is removed or censored unfairly. Regards, Chris Malayter TDS Telecom - Network Services Network Management and Operations chris.malayter@tdstelecom.com Phone: (608) 664-4878 FAX: (608) 664-4644