Dear John,
No apology is necessary. You have handled the issue sensibly and
with sensitivity. It is important not to over-react or to cut off
discussion provided that everyone behaves with reasonable decorum.
Even is some do not, they may be driven by frustration. One can always
delete. I think that Margaret hit the spot with her reasoned
comments.
Rob Twiss, as usual, gave us a brilliant and sensible precis of
the role of continuum mechanics by pointing out the the behaviour of
granular materials, at all scales, is a complex deviation from
theoretical continuum mechanics. I am happy to continue to receive
messages ; one always learns something.
best wishes,
John Dewey
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I must apologise to all remaining list
members for having been away from my post when this all began on
Friday and so not in a position to take immediate action. I hope that
if any of the members who did unsubscribe are your colleagues, you
will encourage them to rejoin.
I was able to take action last night and
currently Dr Koenemann is a member of the list but is not able to
post. He is able to read messages. After his message from a week or so
ago, that contained offensive comments concerning other list members,
he and I exchanged private emails and a telephone conversation. The
result was the posting of his "discourses". My decision to
open the list to them, whilst perhaps not universally welcomed was
supported by many members both in messages to the list and sent to me
privately. I stand by that decision. However, in the light of
subsequent events I need to make it clear that the discourses were
first sent to me privately before being posted to the list 24 hours
later. Thus I maintained a loose editorial oversight. I'm sure I need
hardly add, I did not receive any prior notice of the "combined
replies" message. However, prior to that message, I had already
received discourses 5 and 6 which should have taken care of the
weekend, when I was away from email.
It does seem that, in spite of his
protestations, debate is not what Dr Koenemann desires. In this
instance, as previously, the expression of contrary views results not
in discussion but in insults and wildly intemperate language. I do not
intend to restore Dr Koenemann's posting rights, he not only
overstepped the bounds of reasonable comment as permitted by JISCMail
but betrayed the trust that I placed in him. I leave to him the
decision as to whether he wishes to remain on the list as
a listener.
John Whalley
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