[Air-L] hissy fit?

[Barry Wellman]

1. Despite David Silver's astonishing assertion, I have no recollection of
objecting to teaching-oriented posts to this list. I, too, teach (and
Internet-Society to boot, and I welcome learning more about teaching the
subject.

2. I do object to gratuitous personal attacks on the AoIR list, such as
David Silver saying I will have a "hissy fit". I don't know where it has
come from, as David Silver and I have not had any contact for many months.
And the last time was when David launched another gratuitous personal
attack on me -- on his blog.

3. I don't know where Dr Silver's animus stems from. For the record, I
have not had anything do with any administrative or scholarly matter
involving him.

4. I wouldn't have thought it was necessary, but I ask AoIR leaders to
remind list members to avoid personal attacks on each other.

 Barry Wellman
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