[nabs-l] Nabs-List guidelines (please read)

[Mary Fernandez]

All,
I hope your week has been going well, and you are ready for the weekend!
Below I will paste the NABS List guidelines which everyone should keep
in mind when posting to the list. Please read them, so we can insure
everyone has a welcomed, and enjoyable experience. Never hesitate to
contact me, off list, if there is a problem.
Thank you.
Your list moderator
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
"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