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

Thu Jan 30 21:54:09 UTC 2014

I would like to know this as well.
Thanks. :)
Matthew Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 4

On Jan 30, 2014, at 4:50 PM, sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Mary and anybody else who knows,
> 
> I just want to know, what would happen to people who don't follow the guidlines and have been caught and or reported.  Would they just get a warning, or also get banned or suspended?
> If they are banned, would it be permanent or only temporary?
> 
> I doubt that I will be breaking these guidlines but I'm just curious.
> Finally, Thanks,
> 
> Sami.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:59:59 -0500
> Subject: [nabs-l] Nabs-List guidelines (please read)
> 
> 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
> 
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