[il-talk] The In's and Out's of Il-Talk

[Gregory Chang Patti]

Bob, thanks for the summation. Can we please also sign post on il-talk and keep the subject line current. This helps those of us that do not wish to follow certain strings know which messages to delete and helps us respond off list to people who post something that we do wish to follow. Thank you

"The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future."

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI Treasurer
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Jan 1, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Robert Gardner via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Hi Everyone

This is Bob Gardner, your friendly Il-Talk moderator, the one who’s supposed to ride herd on you guys.  

The question has come up – again – about what is right or wrong to post on Il-Talk.  There are no overriding guidelines given from above on what should be on our list serve, so here’s what I’ve established over the years:  

*  posts should be blindness related.  Don’t send in posts about your pets or your favorite recipes.  
* no religious or political discussion, which usually ends up in what more accurately could be described as argument.  Find another outlet for your personal views in these areas.  
* no personal attacks of others on the list, or strident attacks on their views.  

That’ about it.  And of course, trying to keep everybody happy about what’s on Il-Talk is an impossible task.  Some would like nothing more than posts about NFBI meetings, resulting in a list serve with half a dozen posts in a month.  Others like to be chatty, and enjoy exchanging info with each other on what’s happening in their lives.  When it comes to health issues, or accomplishments, we have a long history of letting those posts go unchallenged.  Our list serve does a good job of putting “family” in Federationist Family.  

We recently had a brief debate about several articles posted to the list serve concerning riding on the bus by blind people.  I thought the little discussion was good, and maybe got our blood flowing here on January 1, recovery day.  

Just stay loose, people.  Remember, you can’t tailor Il-Talk to meet your own self-centered idea of what it should be.  Be tolerant, be kind, and live long.  

Bob 
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