Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Right to ride discussion list

I've unsubscribed from the CTC's Right to Ride discussion list. I wonder whether anyone will notice? The reason  is that I have become increasingly frustrated with the quality of the posts.People readily go off-topic, use it as a soapbox for their personal opinions, discuss the same topics over and over again - the CTC's proposed change to charitable status has dominated it recently, not really a lot to do with campaigning. There is no moderation and the Council member with responsibility for the Right to Ride network is one of the worst offenders. The whole thing is a mess - there is some feeling that setting up a network of individuals rather than groups was a mistake in the first place. My options seemed to be, resign as a Right to Ride or just unsubscribe from the list so I chose the latter and I feel better already. There is still some value in the RTR network but it needs to be radically reformed if it is going to reach its potential.