[SEL] SEL ethics

[peter ogborne]

I would appreciate any comments on the following.....

I recently posted my thoughts on club badges,in particular those adopted by 
my club.These were my  personal opinions and i sought comments by other SEL 
members. It seems that someone on the list took these comments and gave them 
to a non subscriber who in turn used them to make a personal attack on me at 
a club meeting. I was not present at the meeting as i live 400km away and 
only attend occasional meetings.I could not defend myself and the attacker 
did not have the intestinal fortitude to advise me of his comments. A friend 
and fellow club member  relayed them to me.
It does not concern me at all that there is disagreement in my comments , i 
have made them known to the club at a previous meeting and in a letter to 
our club news letter. So it is nothing new.
What does concern me is is that my comments on SEL which by the way did not 
mention names has been used in this way. We are not bound by any secrecy act 
but i would have thought common decency would have prevailed. What went on 
the SEL was between me and fellow SEL members ,i gave my thoughts and sought 
those of others. It should not have been passed to a non list person and 
used against me in this way at a club meeting.
One thing that i have retained here is my opinion,that has not changed. What 
i would like is the person who passed this on to contact me off list and we 
will discuss it.
Peter Ogborne
Little Grove ,Albany
West Australia
''Heart of the Rainbow Coast ''
jopeter at omninet.net.au