[members-discuss] Follow-up on Moderation of Mailing List

Dear members,

This week, the Executive Board placed members-discuss into moderation.

We subsequently removed several messages from the archives that
contained incredibly explicit, discriminating and abhorrent content.
Further, these mails were impersonating representatives of RIPE NCC
members and were clearly intended to be harmful to them. These mails
breached the code of conduct that we expect members to follow on the
mailing list on many levels.

We therefore took the unprecedented step of removing the content of
these mails and marked them as [Moderated] in the archives. I sincerely
hope this is the last time we need to take such actions.

I believe we can all agree that the behaviour that warranted the
measures taken yesterday was not something we want to see again. I ask
you to be civil in your discourse, to avoid aggravating fellow members
and member representatives, and above all to treat each other with the
respect that we deserve.

Our membership plays an extremely important role in advancing the
Internet in our part of the world. Let us remember that we can do this
much more effectively when we work together to solve our disagreements
positively and constructively.

Regards,
Christian Kaufmann
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman