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| Posted On: | 18-Dec-2005 |
| From: | matthew harper [nobobs....hn] |
| Subject: | RE: [roatan] Re: E-Mail Address of those directly involved in case |
That's exactly right Phil , Dean ,Mitch and Steve are taking a lot of flack over this not only on the list but on the street and its important that we remember(we all need reminding of this ) what the purpose of this forum is. I myself think that a lot of good came out of this incident that we should be proud of as members of a multi-national expatriate community. One thing I noticed the other day is that although we have no vote we wield an enormous influence over what goes on here.Many years ago when I first came here foreigners were few and far between and would never have been able to sit on any board dedicated to public service let alone a meeting of a city council. I was thinking , it would be interesting to know what percentage exactly of the population are foreigners and what percentage of land is owned by foreigners. Maybe Tomas T at the Voice has some statistics.Would Prof. Evans know maybe? Matt' Harper -----Original Message----- From: roatan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:roatan....com] On Behalf Of Phil Weir Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:03 PM To: roatan....com Subject: Re: [roatan] Re: E-Mail Address of those directly involved in case This was not set up to be a public forum, it was set up by Dean and Steve to help promote Tourism on the Bay Islands. Best regards, Phil C. Weir, Broker/Owner, REALTOR Please go to my frequently updated websites www.roatanlife.com, www.aspenskihomes.com Member: Roatan Realtor's Assoc., Honduran Board of Realtors, Aspen Board of Realtors, International Member National Assoc. of Realtors RoatanLife Real Estate, Office at Anthony's Key Resort, Sandy Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras US Mailing address: Phil Weir #122, Jackson Shipping, 5353 W. Tyson Ave, Tampa, FL 33611 Office Tel 011-504-445-3130, Fax US 1-775-719-2541 US Phones 1-970-300-4185, 1-813-774-4686 Home- 011-504-445-4097 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted OBrien To: roatan....com Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [roatan] Re: E-Mail Address of those directly involved in case Dear Dean and list: Personally, it disturbs me to know that a message I send to this group might not get posted because of its content. I think of this group as a public forum where any member should be able to express an opinion or ask a question. I guess I've just gotten too used to the First Amendment. Ted O'Brien Bay Islands Beach Resort "Dive the Famous Spooky Channel" Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras www.bibr.com 1-800-4-ROATAN escape....com --- milvos wrote: > Hi to everyone, > > If anyone is interested in sending messages of > thanks to the police > for their quick work on the recent incident, feel > free to email them > to me off list and I will try to get them to the > people involved. > > With the discussion on our actions concerning > messages on the recent > death of a USA citizen in Roatan. Our original > message never stated > we would not allow messages to be posted on this > topic - we just > asked for some consideration when posting messages > nothing more. > > We initial did not post I believe 3 or 4 messages to > the group > before we sent this message out, all messages where > asking about > more info on what happened. In each of these cases > we wrote back to > the people individual explaining why the message > would not be posted > due to respect for family and friends involved in > the incident and > answered any questions they had on it, in most cases > the people > agreed we where making the right decision once we > explained to them > why. Since then we have had numerous emails on this > initial decision > some in favor of what we did some against, these > comments are > appreciated. > > These messages have raised some interesting points > especially > concerning what is moderation of the group and what > is censorship > there is a very fine line on this and at times > people will disagree > with our choices, but these choices are not made > lightly and we have > always tried to keep this group as open as possible. > > Since the initial message we have let this > discussion go there has > been no messages held back - or any information on > what happened. > > We are happy to answer any questions concerning our > decision > concerning this issue- also we do appreciate your > comments as it > helps us to make better decisions on the group > messages in the > future. > > Best Regards > Dean Milverton > Group Moderator > > > > --- In roatan....com, dkevans > wrote: > > > > Good afternoon, List: > > > > I woner if it might not be a good idea for folks > to acknowledge > the > > quick work of those involved directly in the > capture and arrest of > those > > individuals involed in this most recent case? I'll > leave this up > to Dean > > to say whether or not such kudos would be > appropriate? If it is > felt > > that they are, perhaps they should be screened > first by > dean....and to > > do so they should be sent to the list addressed to > the appropriate > > parties rather directly to those involved...not > for Dean to be > acting as > > some sort of "enforcer", but to be certain they do > go to the right > > party, and that they have their facts correct. > What say? And I > feel sure > > that those who do live on the island year-round > would not object > to > > those who do not sending such e-mails of > praise...at least I would > hope not. > > > > All the best...dke > > http://www.thejudasbird.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ Do You Yahoo!? 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