Here here. Thank you Sara; you have expressed my sentiments exactly.

On 9/1/2011 9:59 AM, Anne Runyon wrote:
> Well stated. Thank you.
> Anne
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sara Taliaferro
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 12:43 PM
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> Subject: [SCIART] TAN: Thoughts on postings
>
> Dear SciArt Listserv Folk,
>
> I am writing in response to the very recent post on scanned birth
> certificates.
>
> This is a professional list serv created to provide community
> support for natural science illustrators, educators, natural science
> artists, scientists, students, and so on.
>
> As stated in the past, tangential content that supports the
> community, such as concerns for members in the face of natural
> disaster, is appropriate. We are a professional organization that
> works well because we also view each other as colleagues and treat
> each other with compassion and respect.
>
> Tangential comments that are not really designed to support the
> community of members, such as politically motivated postings, are not
> appropriate and are a detriment both to the professionalism and to
> the community spirit of this group. Indeed, it is possible that some
> of the postings are tongue-in-cheek, yet that does not translate well
> in this venue. Misunderstandings are not worth the posting.
>
> Please count to ten and then delete something before sending that in
> fact may have little redeeming value to the cameraderie of the
> discussions here. This is your own professional persona you are
> projecting here as well, please remember. This venue ought not to be
> an arena for political sniping and wars of opinion.
>
> Thank you for your consideration of my thoughts.
>
> Most sincerely,
> Sara
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