Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Guidelines for E-mail use

[O3C11N6G (normangauss]

A law suit of alleged defamation is cited on the www.davis-stirling.com 
website whereby a board member felt he/she was defamed by a member claiming 
that the Board member was incompetent.  The case was decided in the 
defendant's favor.

The interpretation is that, since all that happens between people within 
common interest developments is of a political nature, nobody can claim to 
have been defamed and have a judge agree.  One can say anything about 
another community member with impunity.  It might not be advisable from a 
public relations standpoint, but it is not subject to being successfully 
sued for damages.

Norm Gauss


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Heinich" <robert [at] enocommons.org>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Guidelines for E-mail use


> Quoting Jenny Williams <jlgw [at] cableone.net>:
> > ... Some people were
> > offended by some postings, so we created an email policy, but some people
> > aren't following that.  There are a wide variety of opinions on how to
> > handle this, from complete censorship, to free speech (that's the side 
> > I'm
> > on).
>
> ... and who has time to be the censor?
>
> A long long time ago before I discovered listservs, I use to have
> everyone in the community send me the emails they wanted to post to
> the group.  I maintained the latest email list and would forward their
> posts on.  What a pain.  I'm glad I did not need to also review what
> others had written.
>
> What do the folks say after someone points out that they are not
> adhering to your email polcy?
>
> -Robert Heinich
>  Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
>  www.enocommons.org
>  Durham, NC
>  where Tuesday is another rehearsal for our EnoWeen's Peter Pan Operetta
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