Tonight's meeting.

["Steven D. Vormwald" <sdvormwa@xxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

In light of recent events on IRC, I've arranged to have two guests at 
tonight's meeting.  For those of you who don't know what happened, 
suffice it to say that someone didn't know when to stop trolling.  It is 
expected that when someone, particularly an officer or a channel op, 
tells you that you are taking things too far, that you will immediately 
cease that behavior--even if you think that person is overreacting or 
being unfair to you.  It is also expected that you will be mature enough 
to recognize that things have gotten out of hand, and that further 
arguing/trolling/whatever will only make things worse for everyone 
involved.  Remember that use of our IRC server is governed by the 
Michigan Tech Computer Use Policy, which can be found at:

http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/studenthandbook/policies.html#computer

While we are generally fairly lax on enforcement of these policies, they 
will be enforced if someone is feeling uncomfortable or upset about 
specific violations.  But do not assume that violations are condoned 
merely because they go unpunished.

That said, Patricia Gotschalk, the director of Judicial Affairs, and 
Sherri Kauppi, the director of Affirmative Programs have kindly agreed 
to attend tonight's meeting to talk to us about harassment, Michigan 
Tech's policy toward it, what to do if you feel you are being harassed, 
and the consequences harassing others.  I encourage everyone to attend 
in the hopes that it will encourage us all to be more considerate of 
other people's feelings when taking part in online communication.

Steven Vormwald

PS.  To those of you on this list (you know who you are) that do know 
about the circumstances that I mentioned earlier, I would remind you 
that those involved have been warned and forgiven.  What's done is done. 
 There is no need for finger pointing nor jokes.  We all go a little 
too far sometimes.