<div dir="ltr"><div>I just want to clarify that the lower section that you've quoted (the bit about "I would ignore") was my response to Brad, not Brad's remarks. An easy mistake to make in the email form factor between trying to quote different responses and differences in how various mail clients behave I suppose...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 10:17 PM stevea <<a href="mailto:steveaOSM@softworkers.com">steveaOSM@softworkers.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 7:03 PM brad haack <<a href="mailto:bradhaack@fastmail.com" target="_blank">bradhaack@fastmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think there needs to be a poll or a vote for the prime discussion forum and the active members should abide by that and encourage the use of that forum. I'll join Slack if that's what the consensus is. I hope the Slackers move on if that's what the consensus is. Obviously we can't stop the discussion on other sites, but focus the serious stuff in one place.<br>
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> I think people are perfectly capable of deciding for themselves which communications channels they wish to use -- that includes both the 3,500 people that are members of the OSMUS Slack workspace and the 500 people that are subscribers to the talk-us mailing list. I certainly would ignore any demands about what tools I choose to communicate with, as if anyone had that power.<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Brad, with great respect to you I say these things: you seem to contradict yourself here. First you say "let's poll or vote for the prime discussion forum," second you say "I would ignore" (essentially that).<br></blockquote><div> </div></div></div>