About Announcements on SEELANGS

[David Powelstock]

I am sorry to hear that one of our list members was so primitive as to send
such a message to Uladzimir Katkouski.  It is probably true that those who
find his posts regarding matters Belarusian directly useful are a minority
of subscribers.  Nevertheless, there is no doubt in my mind that these posts
are perfectly appropriate, and that SEELANGS is precisely the right place
for them.  After all, not every post is relevant to all list members.  

In my opinion, it is the unidentified list member who privately flamed
Uladzimir in such a hostile manner who has abused the list by harassing one
of its members.  I suggest that this member be reprimanded by the list owner
and put on notice that he or she will be banned from the list if such
behavior continues.

Sincerely,

David Powelstock
Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Literatures
Brandeis University
GREA, MS 024
Shiffman 113
Waltham, MA  02454-9110
781.736.3347


-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Uladzimir Katkouski
Sent: 11 December 2003 8:22 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] About Announcements on SEELANGS

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Hi,

In response to my last email one of the SEELANGS subscirbers (apparently
from Russia) wrote to me a an email message in Russian which said: "I am
f..cking tired of your spam. Your Lukashenka is irrelevant. Just stick
your nose in your own business."

I always thought that such kinds of announcements that I sent here were
appreciated by the people here. At least, I always thought that you are
the perfect target audience for a site like pravapis.org. And I only
make announcements when I publish the texts about Belarusian language
which simply don't exist anywhere else on internet. I always thought
that this is something useful for you. There are other people who do
send such announcements (such as "Ruthenia news") and I find very
informative and good.

If you actually feel "f..g tired" like that Russian guy, just send me
privately your opinion and I will stop sending those occasional mails
about updates on my site.

Sincerely yours,
Uladzimir Katkouski
http://blog.rydel.net/

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