LUXMANOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
LISTSERV POLICIES
The Luxmanor Listserv is maintained by Luxmanor volunteers
under the sponsorship of the Luxmanor Citizens Association.
The listserv, like the Greensheet and Luxmanor.org, exists to
serve the Association and its membership by providing LCA
members and Listserv Associate members a vehicle for the
exchange of information or to request help, but primarily to
publicize LCA news and events to LCA members.
These policies governing the use of the LCA listserv are
effective immediately.
Membership
• MEMBERSHIPin the Luxmanor Listserv is a privilege of paid
Luxmanor Association members. On or about July 15 of each
year, approximately two months after dues bills are sent to each
Luxmanor household, and six weeks after they are payable, any
Luxmanor resident listserv members whose household has not
paid its LCA dues for the fiscal year that began on June 1 will be
dropped from the Listserv. Notice will be posted in the May and
June Green Sheets, and on the Listserv.
• ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: Residents of our contiguous
communities of Old Farm, Tilden Woods and Walnut Woods
ONLY will be allowed to become Associate Members (with full
posting privileges) by payment of a $15.00 fee at any time to
cover membership through 12/31/2015. This fee will not be
refunded or prorated. The fee grants listserv membership only,
and does not include any other LCA benefits.
The same fee and Associate designation will apply to Luxmanor
resident members who move away during a dues paid fiscal year
and wish to retain listserv membership.
• Each family member older than 16, and residing in a paid
LCA household or paid Associate household may have his or
her own membership
• Certain others (County Police, County trash pickup, etc.) may
be granted free access to the listserv at the discretion of the
LCA Board.
Posting
• To send a message to the group, address it to:
luxmanor_citizens@yahoogroups.com
• Put a descriptive subject in your subject line. This helps
people who are scanning their
email for subjects of interest
to them.
• Do not send a personal reply to a listserv post to
the entire listserv at the address above. Send it
directly and only to the original poster at his/her
own personal email address.
• When replying to “All” at luxmanor_citizens @yahoo groups,
do not send a duplicate (cc’d) email to the original poster.
That member will automatically receive a copy, along with
everyone else.
• A group of addresses will not be posted by the Listserv.
If you have cc’d (copied) your message to a group of
individual recipients, or to another listserv, these addresses
will be excised before posting.
• The Listserv moderator may cut off any trailing previously
posted messages following the new message and the
one to which it is in direct response.
Required Signature
• Your required signature must be your real first and last
name, and your residential street name ONLY.
If a phone number, other email address or street number is
needed, it may be included in the body of the message.
• NO OTHER professional or business designation, title, or
address or phone number; and no slogans, ads, or quotations
may be added to the required full name and residential
street name signature.
• Unless it is clearly an emergency, we will ask you to resubmit
any email that doesn't have the full required signature.
Screenname or Email Address
* In keeping with the non-commercial nature of the Luxmanor Listserv,
screen names or email addresses are not allowed to include, name, or be
a variation of the member’s income producing business.
"sallysellshouses@verizon.net; treetrimmingbytony@yahoo.com;
greatlawyer@gmail.com; or conniescookies@aol.com"
are examples of the kinds of screen names that are not permitted,
because such names are actually ads for a member’s business.
Content of Listserv Messages Should be "Local"
or "Personal."
• The Luxmanor Listserv like the Greensheet and website
Luxmanor.org, is maintained by LCA volunteers to give
LCA members and neighboring Associate Listserv members
an opportunity to exchange information or ask for help,
and for the LCA to publicize news and events.
• Posting "For a friend" or "For a colleague" or for a family
member who is not a household resident is not permitted.
Members may advertise the extra time available from their
own "wonderful nanny" but not the time available for the
nanny of a "friend in Potomac," or a performance or
church bazaar for a friend in Kensington.*
• Notices of Concerts, performances, etc., are permitted if a
member is personally involved as performer, producer, etc.
Such notices may be sent up to twice per event; the first,
if desired, more than two weeks ahead and the second,
”to remind,” on any date within one week of the event.*
• Notices of a local fundraising event (i.e., taking place in a
home or public space within Listserv membership boundaries)
in which a member’s charitable or religious group, immediate
family, or our own community public schools are personally
involved arepermitted twice per event (e.g., School Supplies
Drive with Luxmanor collection sites; TW cookbook fundraising
event, LuxmanorElementary Spring Carnival event) or one time
for a member’s request for a donated household item for a local
or even county-wide charitable reason (e.g., a member who
works with Montgomery County displaced families might ask
if anyone has a bed to give away.) *
• Lost pets belonging to Listserv members will be posted
ASAP. (Please post a message to the listserv when they
have returned home.)
A pet belonging to someone who is not a resident, but
whose pet may have been lost while visiting nearby or
passing through may be posted by a member at the
discretion of the moderator – for example, it is reasonable
to assume that a pet might find its way from Cabin John
Park to our community; however, it is not likely that a dog
will travel from Germantown to Luxmanor.
• Chain letters or petitions of any kind or warnings circulated
on the Internet (often "urban legends") will not be posted.
• Using inflammatory language, making personal attacks, or
religious and/or political posts, will cause an email to be
rejected.
Sending inflammatory or abusive emails PRIVATELY to a
listserv member in response to a listserv posting will NOT be
tolerated. If the listserv receives a complaint about such
actions, the individual will be warned once; further abuse will
result in permanent revocation of listserv membership.
• Political Posts Exception:
A "Meet the Candidate" invitation to a member’s own
home, with no fundraising or admission fee, and no
"politicking" in the announcement, is permitted once
per candidate per election (primary and final election).
The invitation may be posted twice; once to announce
ahead of time, and later ”to remind,” close to the date.
• Religious Posts Exception: A synagogue or church
member who is a listserv member may post a notice of
a non-religious lecture or concert open to the public
twice per event IF the site of the event is local — i.e.,
within 15 minutes walking distance of Luxmanor
boundaries AND the event is not a religious service.
Examples: St. Mark on Old Georgetown Rd; Magen David
on Woodglen are within 15 minutes walking distance.
A parenting or conservation tips lecture at one of these
venues would be acceptable, provided that the event is
open to the public. However, Easter Mass or Yom Kippur
service listings would not. An invitation to a Christmas
and Holiday sing-a-long would be acceptable, as would an
invitation to attend a Purim carnival. It must be stated
that no religious service is involved and everyone will be
welcome.
If a fee or admission cost is required, it must be stated.
Advertising
• Advertising a member’s business, or the business of a
family member is not allowed. Any service performed or
item(s) offered for sale, made or purchased for the
purpose of generating income or profit; or real estate
properties rented or sold primarily for the purpose of
generating income, are considered to be businesses.
• Up to two PERSONAL family vacation homes or timeshares
may be advertised for rent or sale up to twice a year each.
(e.g., one beach house and one ski condo that your family
owns primarily for personal use).
Multiple properties of these kinds and Investment
properties owned primarily as a source of income, are
considered a business and are not permitted to be
advertised. *
• A member’s or Associate member’s own current residence
may be described and offered for sale twice, whether "By
Owner" or with a referral to the listing Realtor.
• If members own items they no longer need, they may
offer them as a giveaways or for sale twice; but they may
not advertise items they have made or purchased
specifically to sell for their own benefit, or announce an
open house event or “party” where such items will be
offered for sale.*
• Tickets to games or shows and concerts may be offered
for sale or giveaway when the owners can't use their
personal or subscription seats, but not offers of resale of
individual or blocks of tickets bought for that purpose.
Tickets offered by commercial sellers may not be
referenced.*
• Notice of commercial "bargains" or "deals" or group deals,
etc., are not permitted unless they are offered at a special
discount for LCA members only.*
• Recommendations of businesses or medical or dental
practices, auto repair services, home or garden improvement
contractors, or any other such professionals or service
providers may be posted in reply to a specific request OR
when the service to a member is so outstanding that the
member is moved spontaneously to share his/her personal
experience, and/or when the service provider is offering a
discount to all LCA members.
In no case may there be a reward or benefit of any kind for
the member or family member of the person posting the
information, and that must be clearly stated in the
message.*
Because this is a "narrow line," and the Luxmanor Listserv
strives to NOT be commercialized, these messages may be
posted on a case by case basis, often after consultation with
the posting member.
• Full-time students, at home for school breaks and currently
enrolled in school, may advertise their services for hire once
per month during school breaks or May-August.
Middle school or high school students living in a membership
household may advertise their services once every three
months for after school, evening, or weekend odd jobs.
These ads must include age (and if age is under 16, be
placed by a parent).
Unless otherwise noted, a posting does not imply or reflect the view, the position or the approval of the Luxmanor Citizens Association or the LCA Board or Trustees. Each posting is made by an approved listserv member who agrees to abide by listserv guidelines. Each posting is moderated by a volunteer who reviews for compliance with these guidelines. The listserv is operated by Yahoo! Groups, which is responsible for the distribution of messages. None of the LCA, the Executive Committee or any moderator is responsible for the delivery or non-delivery of a message or from any matters arising from Yahoo! Groups maintenance of electronic records. If you have questions about the listserv membership or its policies, please send an email to Click to send email to Webmaster
*NOTE:
The North Bethesda Exchange listserv, although not in any way connected to or endrosed by the LCA, is set up to accept advertising and is unmoderated for message content as
long as the content is neither illegal nor immoral by accepted “community standards”.
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