The future of the list?

[Vaska]

It's the second time in a week I find myself in full agreement with Linda.
How would we sort out all of the issues she's just raised?  By what process?
A-and, who will play the "pointsman" role if we do decide we need one?  

Vaska

Linda Highland wrote:
>My gut reaction to this was "bad idea" .  But this may be because I'm
>unfamiliar with how a moderated list works.  I assume someone-- "a
>moderator"-- prescreens posts before they are sent out to the general
>list.  Are messages refused because they are offensive, becase they are
>off topic, because the moderator feels it is inappropriate, because it
>is the sort of message members have complained about before....?  All of
>the above?  I assume posts are "held up" for an indefinate time until
>the moderator has time to screen them. What effect does this usually
>have on the flow of the discussion?  Does it slow things down enough so
>that people think before they write, or does it slow things down so that
>people lose track of the discussion? 
>Basically, what really would change?
>