[nabs-l] Listserv ettiquet, please read

[Mary Fernandez]

That's perfectly fine. By this we meant that posts should be
respectful. Offensive language, and direct attacks do not make for
good conversation.
Thanks.


On 4/14/13, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What would you consider as well thought out?  What if I am simply
> expressing
> support or agreement with a post?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary Fernandez
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 1:50 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Listserv ettiquet, please read
>
> All,
> I am attaching and pasting in the body of this email, a list of guidelines
> that we should all follow when posting to this list. I'd appreciate it if
> we
> can all make an attempt to comply.
> Feel free to email me with any questions.
> Thanks.
> NABS List Guidelines
>
> 1.	 This Listserv is a great forum in which we can all express our
> opinions. Which in turns, means that we will inevitably disagree.
> However, when responding to a post, always be respectful. Everyone is
> entitled to their opinion, and personal attacks and  degrading comments
> will
> not be tolerated.
> 2.	All posts must be appropriate. The Listserv is opened to students
> of all ages, from middle school to post graduate, it is also opened to
> blindness professionals and other interested parties. Thus, when posting on
> the listserv remember to use the appropriate language.
> Profanity is not appropriate. Furthermore, the content should be well
> thought out.
> 3.	In the last year, many people have taken to posting one liners to
> the list. This habit creates unnecessary clutter. Often, there are several
> threads going on at once, and one might feel compel to answer to each of
> those individually. When this happens, please make sure that your post says
> more than, "I agree" or "good idea". When responding to a post, please make
> sure that there is actual substance to that post, which will further the
> conversation. To go along with that, when someone expresses a differing
> opinion, and you have already voiced your thought, please do not send
> repeated posts on how you stand by your opinion unless you have more to add
> to that. Threads that grow into the 70s and 80s in posts, should not be
> half
> made up of "that's what I think, like I said before", and "I stand by what
> I
> said earlier". Rule of thumb is to post in a way to further the
> conversation.
> 4.	When you would like to write someone off list, do so. You do not
> have to write one liners to every person you'd like to email off list.
> If you develop a conversation with that person, that's great, if they feel
> they do not want to respond that is their right too.
> 5.	Stay on topic. There are many times when informational emails are
> sent out to the list for distribution, these often include, but are not
> limited to: survey, announcements, ads, etc. If you have a moral objection
> to said informational emails, and it is relevant to blind students, please
> start a new thread. A lot of times people are so overwhelmed by the
> response
> to a particular informational email, that they cannot find the original
> post, and so someone who might benefit from it has difficulty getting at
> the
> information.
> 6.	Finally, if at any point Mr. Whalen, who is the NABS President, Mr.
> David Andrews, who is the master for all NFB-net listservs, or myself, say
> that it is not ok to continue a thread, that thread should stop.
> Feel free to email us telling us why you think it should continue if you
> think it should and we will be more than happy to listen.
>
>
> --
> Mary Fernandez
> List Moderator
> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget
> what
> you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
> -
> Maya Angelou
>
>
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-- 
Mary Fernandez
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel."
—
Maya Angelou