Announcement : Behavior Towards Instructors, All members should read this
Andrew Cockburn
Nov 15 2007, 10:28 PM
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Announcement


There have been in the last week or so 3 regrettable unrelated incidents in which our instructors have been the target of disrespectful activities. Whilst I wont go into details, suffice it to say that Kris, Tony & I are saddened by this.

Our instructors are what breathes life into the site. Without the hard work of every one of them GMC would be a lot less than it is today, and they occupy a position of honor within GMC, for their achievements and willingness to help us all.

Kris works hard to keep the new instructors coming in and working with them to ensure they make a good start with the high quality lessons that are a hallmark of GMC. Occasionally we lose instructors as they reluctantly decide to move on, so Kris can never stop his search for new instructors.

Given the above, it should be no surprise that we are particularly upset about the disrespect that has been shown to our instructors in the cases mentioned above. If this were to continue, and an instructor were to leave because of something a member said or did, the whole of GMC would suffer.

For this reason, please observe the following guidelines, and don't force us to take action in this area.
  • Lesson comments are a great way of giving feedback to instructors on how much you liked their lesson, and to provide suggestions on what you would like to see in future. Please keep all comments positive and constructive (especially if you see elements that need to be improved). Negative comments will be immediately deleted, and action will be taken against the member involved
  • GMC does encourage feedback about its instructors. If you have an issue or concern about an instructor please do not make public comments. Instead, report the matter privately by PM to Kris or any moderator and we will take it seriously
  • The instructors forums and sub-forums are the personal space of the instructor concerned. On an instructors board behave as you would if you were in their house. Show respect to the Instructor and do not flame or argue in their forums no matter what the provocation. Any such posts will be immediately deleted, and action will be taken against the members concerned.
  • On the boards in general, Instructors are due the courtesy and respect that would be afforded to any other member and more. Disrespect to instructors on the general boards will be treated in exactly the same way as above.
I am personally sad that I have had to make this announcement - we will be enforcing the above policy rigorously from now on.

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Chris Evans
Nov 15 2007, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Nov 15 2007, 09:58 PM) *
This may be a stupid question, but I don't think I really understood it completely. Are we supposed to treat instructors as we treat everybody else (wich is according to the rules and everything), or are we suppose to be extra super nice to instructors on the boards in general?


Shouldnt we just be super nice to everybody??

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- Andrew Cockburn   Announcement : Behavior Towards Instructors   Nov 15 2007, 10:28 PM
- - Fsgdjv   This may be a stupid question, but I don't thi...   Nov 15 2007, 10:58 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Nov 15 2007, 10:58 PM) or...   Nov 15 2007, 10:59 PM
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||- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (Muris @ Nov 15 2007, 06:00 PM) All...   Nov 16 2007, 12:06 AM
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- - Smells   QUOTE (dogman @ Nov 15 2007, 10:54 PM) I ...   Nov 15 2007, 11:58 PM
- - tonymiro   QUOTE (Smells @ Nov 15 2007, 04:58 PM) I ...   Nov 16 2007, 12:22 AM
- - Pavel   Guidelines are just fine, good thing to point it o...   Nov 16 2007, 12:27 AM
- - PolackHax0r   One of the reasons I love GMC so much is because e...   Nov 16 2007, 12:43 AM
- - coffeeman   Dear Friends, We live in a society , with live w...   Nov 16 2007, 12:52 AM
- - Unleash-The-Shred   Now I know this is partially my fault, but I want ...   Nov 16 2007, 12:57 AM
- - Gabriel Leopardi   That's sad to hear that we had problems but I ...   Nov 16 2007, 01:28 AM
- - Iluha   Though I have no idea what incidents you are talki...   Nov 16 2007, 01:46 AM
|- - Bali   QUOTE (Iluha @ Nov 15 2007, 09:46 PM) Tho...   Nov 16 2007, 01:57 AM
|- - Muris   QUOTE (Iluha @ Nov 16 2007, 01:46 AM) Tho...   Nov 16 2007, 01:59 AM
|- - fkalich   QUOTE (Iluha @ Nov 15 2007, 06:46 PM) Tho...   Nov 16 2007, 02:54 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Iluha @ Nov 16 2007, 01:46 AM) Tho...   Nov 16 2007, 03:15 AM
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- - Owen   I dont think I've ever been intentionally rude...   Nov 16 2007, 03:00 AM
|- - Kaneda   QUOTE (Owen @ Nov 16 2007, 03:00 AM) Edit...   Nov 18 2007, 08:52 PM
|- - Twibeard   QUOTE (Kaneda @ Nov 18 2007, 08:52 PM) It...   Nov 18 2007, 10:34 PM
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- - Tank   Although I don't know the details of the alter...   Nov 16 2007, 03:35 AM
- - ActiveX   Overall, this is the friendliest forum with the ni...   Nov 16 2007, 03:37 AM
|- - rokchik   I was very surprised to see this topic actually......   Nov 26 2007, 06:22 PM
|- - leedbreak   IMO I don't see how anyone could be negative ...   Nov 28 2007, 02:43 AM
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- - Kristofer Dahl   Exactly Tank and ActiveX - this obviously only con...   Nov 16 2007, 03:45 AM
- - Alex Lewis   I must say I love the atmosphere on GMC and the re...   Nov 18 2007, 09:14 PM
- - Paul Coutts   yeah, this is pretty sad that it needs to be addre...   Dec 13 2007, 07:21 AM
- - preownedguitar   I am glad you are enforcing this policy. There are...   Dec 18 2007, 07:25 AM
- - sam47   It is a shame that people here have to be told how...   Dec 24 2007, 06:08 PM
|- - stratman33   QUOTE (sam47 @ Dec 24 2007, 12:08 PM) It ...   Dec 26 2007, 12:36 AM
|- - Muris   Thing is,most of the sites and forums around the w...   Dec 26 2007, 12:47 AM
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- - mattacuk   Well Sam, Luckily these were just isolated inciden...   Dec 24 2007, 06:19 PM
- - Pavel   Yeah, an online coffee machine, with direct downlo...   Dec 26 2007, 01:16 AM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (Pavel @ Dec 25 2007, 07:16 PM) Yea...   Dec 26 2007, 01:35 PM
|- - Muris   QUOTE (Pavel @ Dec 26 2007, 01:16 AM) Yea...   Dec 26 2007, 01:37 PM
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- - Freddie Fourfingers   Mind boggling that anyone would log on to a forum ...   Dec 26 2007, 02:07 PM
- - tonymiro   I'm may old enough enough, stupid enough, or m...   Dec 26 2007, 06:34 PM
- - GrowingDown1   Whoever the individuals concerned were obviously d...   Dec 26 2007, 07:07 PM
- - Fsgdjv   I'm sorry, but I have to step in to Lithuanian...   Jan 20 2008, 10:17 PM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   However phrased, comments like that are inflammato...   Jan 20 2008, 10:22 PM
|- - RobM   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Jan 20 2008, 04...   Jan 20 2008, 11:09 PM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   My initial comment was quite mild actually - more ...   Jan 20 2008, 11:25 PM
|- - RobM   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Jan 20 2008, 05...   Jan 21 2008, 02:03 AM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (RobM @ Jan 20 2008, 08:03 PM) I un...   Jan 21 2008, 02:27 AM
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- - Maximus   Each of us has our own way of responding to a heat...   Jan 20 2008, 11:01 PM
- - The Uncreator   QUOTE (Maximus @ Jan 20 2008, 02:01 PM) E...   Jan 21 2008, 02:04 AM
- - mattacuk   Im pretty amaized how a small comment I made ages ...   Jan 21 2008, 09:16 AM
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- - MickeM   Well, I browsed this through. Let's sum it up ...   Jan 21 2008, 10:36 AM
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|- - Andrew Cockburn   Its ok Lithuanian, I think you have shown by your ...   Jan 21 2008, 06:00 PM
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- - mattacuk   I take no offence Lithuanian! Keep on rocking   Jan 21 2008, 07:19 PM
- - Smells   QUOTE (Staples @ Feb 5 2008, 11:25 AM) No...   Feb 5 2008, 12:47 PM
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- - Kristofer Dahl   We have a problem here - this thread is about bein...   Feb 5 2008, 03:00 PM
- - audiopaal   I don't think these rules should be hard to fo...   Mar 23 2008, 11:53 PM
- - cony71   The thing is that our egos are very well developed...   Jan 5 2009, 05:27 PM
- - Dreamcatcher   I realise this is an older post but I feel it bein...   Jan 6 2009, 06:31 AM
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- - Canis   I haven't seen much bad stuff going on here, a...   Jan 6 2009, 11:37 AM
- - SonofDestiny   I agree that this should be a rule, but I'm af...   Jan 6 2009, 11:38 AM
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