[GNC] Thank you for your courtesy

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Liz, David T, Gyle, and D:
(but really everyone contributes)

Thank you for your courtesy.  Liz, thank you for your work as list 
moderator, and specifically for stepping in when some recent language 
was not acceptable here. The others of you, thank you for apologising, 
rather than lashing out. The result is a more pleasant and more 
productive email list and community.

I am subscribed to users' mailing lists for other projects, where this 
sort of courtesy is often lacking. Nasty comments are more common. Some 
participants are repeatedly nasty. When someone points out that they are 
violating the community's code of conduct, they do not apologise, and 
they lash out with more nastiness. It is awful.

And that is one of the reasons why I spend more effort participating 
here rather than there. Thank you.

Best regards,
     —Jim DeLaHunt