Recently an ISED member began feeding ISED list posts to a blog. He
informed the list, although not the list managers, and ISED posts began
forwarding to the blog. Shortly thereafter we asked the list member to
disable the part of the blog that accepted ISED feeds until we had a
chance to discuss the change on the list.
While the list managers recognize the limits of a traditional listserv and
believe that content should be made available in a variety of forms, we
wonder if list contributors want their postings published a second time on
a blog? On the blog they can be responded to without the knowledge of the
original writer, unless that person checks in on a regular basis.
Our thought is that this particular use of ISED material does not really
come under the "Creative Commons." While anything can be reposted
anywhere on the Internet, is the automatic reposting to a blog something
contributors and subscribers wish to do? Should subscribers give their
permission to repost? Does participation on ISED give someone implicit
permission to repost?
On January 17, my colleague and fellow manager, Curt, at the suggestion of
the other list managers, wrote a polite e-mail request that the blog be
disabled for the time being. The full e-mail was posted on the blog,
although it was intended for one person with copies to the other list
managers.
We appreciate that those of you who have suggested changes or implemented
virtual communities with other tools have taken the time to check in with
the managers and then with the subscribers.
Let's open this issue as a discussion topic. What are your thoughts? We
look forward to hearing your views.
Best,
Marti Weston
Co-Manager, Independent School Educator's Listserv (ISED-L)
For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L
[ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
