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 _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days **** PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND FAX NUMBER **** _______________________________________________________________________