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Anthony@Pacific Member Vote

An SI Board Since October 1999

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Emcee: A@P Vote	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Dear Silicon Investor Members:

As many of you know, we recently terminated the membership of Anthony@Pacific for Terms of Use violations. It was an extremely difficult decision, considering Anthony's popularity within the community. As I stated in my original announcement regarding this matter, our dedication to the Silicon Investor community is our prime directive, and the SI Terms of Use have served us well in this regard.

In the past couple weeks, I have received several messages (public and private) regarding Anthony's termination. Many members reinforced our original decision, and I appreciate that support. Several members, however, urgently requested Anthony's return. Those requests typically included one of the following two types of messages:

Type #1 - Bryan, You're a complete moron! Who the hell put you in charge!?!? You'll regret this decision until your dying day.

Type #2 - Bryan, I understand why you did what you did, but I hope you'll reconsider. Anthony has made a meaningful contribution in my life through Silicon Investor, and I don't want that to be lost.

Moron or not, I can sympathize with the folks who sent the second type of message. The question we've been struggling with is, "What's best for the community?" Or, to put it another way, "Is Silicon Investor better off with or without Anthony as a member?" The bottom line is that it's a tough call.

Then, we hit upon a (potentially) brilliant idea: "We can let the community decide!" Of course, this thing could completely backfire in our faces, but we hope not. In any case, to our knowledge, it's never been done before on the Web, and we're always willing to try new things. So, here's the deal.

This thread has been started as an open discussion for members to express opinions and arguments for or against reinstating Anthony@Pacific's membership. Each member may place one vote by sending a Private Message to A@PVote.

<<Click A@P Vote link above to access Private Messaging.>>

Important Note: Only votes sent via PM to the A@PVote profile will be counted, so don't send your votes to me or Jill or Bob.

Your vote PM should simply contain a YES or NO vote:
- YES - If you think Silicon Investor will be better off by letting Anthony back on.
- NO - If you think Silicon Investor is better off without him.

If you want to make a case one way or the other, please make it on this thread.

Neither Go2Net nor Anthony@Pacific will participate in the discussion on this thread, although we will allow Anthony to post one reply to this initial message. We will perform the mechanics of the post for him, since as of now, his termination still stands.

We will accept votes on this matter between October 4 and October 8, 1999. We will tally the votes and post our final decision on Monday, October 11.

We welcome your thoughts and comments on this process. In fact, if this works well, and it's something that members seem to enjoy, then we'll consider a similar "community appeals" process as a part of ongoing Terms of Use enforcement.

Sincerely,

Bryan A. Burdick
Managing Director
Silicon Investor

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1638	Love Ya AP and will be here WHEN you return and if these blind moles wont have y	tool dude	-	5/24/2008
1637	Hi Daughter.. What's UP?!!! :-)	c.horn	-	11/16/2006
1636	Hey dog....whats up! Jane	Jane4IceCream	-	11/16/2006
1635	I wonder about the fate of another hero from the same indictment, troy peters. h	ravenseye	-	10/28/2006
1634	Another hero.. news.moneycentral.msn.com	c.horn	-	10/28/2006
1633	oh yea one heck of a hero for his wife and kids NOT! 11 years for tony@Federal	ravenseye	-	10/28/2006
1632	Look Under HERO in U R websters	tool dude	-	10/8/2005
1631	Since 1859, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc. (A&P) has fulf	Smiling Bob	-	5/17/2005
1630	Can anyone point me to the story of A@P? Thx C	Condor	-	5/17/2005
1629	OT Just checking to see if my sign-on info is correct. DrD	DrD	-	5/19/2004
1628	Still LMFAO!!! DJ NASD Appeals SEC Order To Overturn Elgindy Decision By Carol	yomaz	-	5/12/2004
1627	Actually, I did not know of A&P's most current trouble with the law when	yomaz	-	4/26/2004
1626	Having known of A&P for over five years that does not suprise me. <IMO&g	yomaz	-	4/26/2004
1625	Just watching his internet antics for several years, I've seen Amr exploit h	Smiling Bob	-	4/26/2004
1624	That was AP's MO, so he gets a taste of his own medicine, and much more righ	Smiling Bob	-	4/26/2004
1623	Hey I'm no defender of the imprisoned but what good does it do to kick someo	Jane4IceCream	-	4/25/2004
1622	How's the US Government treating you lately A&P??.. LMFAO!!!...	yomaz	-	4/25/2004
1621	Why do you feel that he or anyone else should answer your questions...........ma	Mongo2116	-	9/13/2003
1620	As long as you continue to make a cowardly ass out of yourself on SI, that's	yomaz	-	9/12/2003
1619	I like you here...with all 41 others watching. Bahhahaahahaa..ciao monkeyboy	Anthony@Pacific	-	9/12/2003
1618	It's a Message Board brainchild everyone is hiding behind an alias. Have I	yomaz	-	9/12/2003
1617	Fack off you are the coward hiding behind an alias..piss-ant	Anthony@Pacific	-	9/12/2003
1616	As long as you know you are a coward.. My job is done...	yomaz	-	9/12/2003
1615	This thread has a whopping 43 bookmarks,,rant away turd boy...opps make it 42 no	Anthony@Pacific	-	9/12/2003
1614	A&P, You really are a spineless coward...	yomaz	-	9/12/2003

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