Mon Jun 28 10:12:49 EDT 2004

Hi Everyone,

I realize this may not be a comfortable subject and certainly not
politically correct but allow me to rand for a short time on the power of
Open Access.

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the
sun.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:9

 
As most of you know I am a big believer in open access or the sharing of
ideas, thoughts, intellectual capital, material, papers etc. Over the
past five years of this group I have sent countless articles, papers and
many of my own training modules, simulations, exercises etc. When will
the training/coaching/consulting/academic communities wake up and realize
this is the information age? Information is to be shared.  ITS CALLED
MIND VIRUSES… we MUST wake up and understand our little small
insignificant contributions to this big universe is but a dew drop. Any
added or shared technologies brings power to all. By sharing…massive
sharing we build our own name BRAND.
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The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Vision:

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Ubiquitous And Reliable Access To An Information And Communication
Environment, So That Users Are Able To Enjoy World-Class Technologies In
Support Of Their Work And Study.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=home
 
I have been disagreements over the years those that desire and have a 
belief in sharing and seeking material are bad people, plagiarists,
thieves and the such. Most disagreements come from those who have 2-4
good ideas and have not come up with anything new in years and so they
protect their precious few ideas…I guess I would too is I only had a
few. This list and some on this list have been rebuked and ridiculed for
sharing valuable information that could assist others in our professions
of developing human and corporate intelligence. However, these
disagreements are not limited to the small group of coaches and trainers
and consultants. This is a massive international movement away from
hoarding information. This movement believes that this hoarding mentality
harms the protection of research and development…now that is a doozie
of a statement, huh? But, Without the sharing of information, R&D,
methods, processes and models, a duplication of ideologies arises. More
work and brain power is depleted.

Doug Constant

I am republishing what Mr. Constant has written as he has made it very clear that virtually everything is public domain and he treats it as such.

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From: odnet-bounces at lists.odnetwork.org 
On Behalf Of Doug J Constant

Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:00 AM
To: odnet at lists.odnetwork.org
Subject: RE: [Odnet] Cynicism 2
 
I now stand for the 100s of online discussion members who would like to
see an end to discussion bulling and now a deeper look at a the classic
characteristics of an online bully.

3.  Dr. XXXX responded kindly by making a request:
XXXX- Next time, post it privately.  As much as you
may be right, when you openly criticize others even 
when they are obviously wrong, you inadvertently 
dis-humble yourself and allow the perception of your
tone to override the importance of point/message.

I find this a reasonable request, but look at Mr. XXX response
(which I thought would be, “you know you are right Peter, I
apologize…I guess I was in a rush.”):

If you don’t want to read them, feel free to ignore all my
posts, but I won’t accept you dictating my conduct, unless 
you have some vested authority to do so.

Think about an issue such as this in the corporate environment…which
is most appropriate (assuming you are right) a public rebuke in front of
other colleagues…or a private session to determine the details. If Mr.
XXX would have done the former he would have found out that the
article was awaiting standard discussion approval. This falls under the
bully category according to JCU: “need to control.” Mr. XXX has taken
on the controlling role of copyright policeman. This is a deep-seated
need for control.

4. I run a fairly successful training, OD, coaching and facilitation
discussion group (3,500 members 800 messages/month and growing). I
started the group because of Mr. XXX and others in another group that
allow attacks, hate mail, know-it-all statements and the like. Mr. XXX
started a group as well which lasted about 45 days. He has become
vindictive, angry and has sent nasty messages to me. He even signed me
up for pornographic spam. He also set up a yahoo group to discredit me
and the group: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Training_Ideas
and has PAID for a website full of false accusations, lies and altered
email messages: http://www.onpointcoach.com/  The very messages were
altered…in fact within 10 minutes I took the information used as
conclusive proof and changed the headings which is what he has done in
his anger and rage.

This falls under several bully categories according to JCU: “vindictive”
prone to anger and irritability,blame everyone but themselves
tyrannical, manipulative, and excel at twisting the truth .” 
 
5. I will add that IF Mr. XXX responds to this message he will display
the remaining characteristics of a bully outlined by JCU:
- are never wrong 
- are charming to superiors and outsiders 
- have a selective memory 
 
He is never wrong in a charming way and will only discuss selective
parts of this and other messages. This leaves me with the last of the
characteristics of a bully outlined by JCU which I am sure is the real
underlining problem:
- are insecure 
- are experiencing stress 
 
Please read my last post which outlines the false accusations Mr. XXX
made. I have documented proof that Mr. XXX is in complete error and
will never admit it even though the facts stare him in the face. This
man is dangerous. I have banned him from my group and others write me
offline thanking me for standing up against this common playground,
kick-sand-in-your-face bully. 

Doug Constant