--- In mwmDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, Paul Harwood <paulh@w...>
wrote:
> [...] overdue review of charter [...]

Yes, should be done. Process for doing it is ... what?


[anent changing the charter]
> The main moderation questions would then would not be
>
> -- Is it substantially about writing?
> -- Is it civil?
>
> but
>
> -- Is it civil?
> -- is it of interest to writers?

Gak. You're opening it up to become just like MW. I am a writer.
There are things that are of interest to me _as_ a writer. I like
to explore them by writing them and gauging the reactions and
discussion that arises from them. To many people on MW, and likely
to most on MWM, this would NOT be "about writing" at all. It's
merely my take on it.

You'd have to be rilly rilly careful about defining what would be
valid as "of interest to writers" because if I get 2 or three
writers who find my version of what is of interest to agree with me,
you set up the scenario for some pretty messy stuff.


> My goal is to give people some breathing space, to encourage
> discussion, and maybe breathe a little life into the group.

I think it's way too open-ended as you've proposed it.