To facilitate communication on the Luxmanor Citizens
Association listserv, we are asking all members of our
listserv to please be aware of and abide by a few
basic rules of internet etiquette and specifically our
listserv's guidelines.
1) Please be sure to sign your message with your name
and street (street is optional but helpful).
If you are forwarding a newspaper article link, please
identify yourself in the space provided by the
newspaper website for comments.
2) Be respectful and courteous.
Please refrain from any personal and direct retorts on
individual members or elected officials by name.
Please disagree in a friendly and respectful manner.
We all have very strong opinions, but we can disagree
in a respectful manner without getting personal.
Discussion of ideas is one of the best ways to learn.
Discussion of people is counter-productive and to be
avoided. All members of this list are equally
important, and their opinions and ideas are equally
valuable. E-mail feels like a private discussion, but
it is not. A good rule of thumb is, "Never post
anything you wouldn't want to read on the front page
of the Washington Post."
3) Make sure the subject is descriptive.
Please be sure to put a descriptive subject in your
message. This helps people who are scanning their
email for subjects of interest to them. If you are
reading the list in digest and have not upgraded your
message format to "fully featured," when you reply to
a message, be sure to change the subject or it will
just say "re: digest (number)."
4) To originate a message to the group, just email it
to: Luxmanor_citizens@yahoogroups.com
5) Please trim your replies.
It is helpful if you can remove all but the pertinent
thoughts you are responding to when you reply. For
instance, if the message you are replying to contains
three paragraphs of ideas, and you are only commenting
on what is said in the first paragraph, delete the
second two paragraphs before adding your own thoughts.
Even if the entire message is relevant to your
response, please delete the footer information, since
Yahoo groups add the footer automatically to all
messages it sends. If you leave the original message
you are replying to intact, and then add your
comments, the footer of the message appears twice in
the message. Imagine what happens to a message that is
replied to multiple times and not trimmed! Doing this
simple thing cuts down on the length of your reply,
and is especially important for
those list members who are reading the list in digest
form. Note: I realize that on some platforms this is
difficult or impossible to do, but for those that can,
please do so.
7) Copyright.
Rather than post copyrighted information, provide a
brief description and a website link to the
information or article. Copyrighted information,
including newspaper articles, should not be posted to
the listserv if the copyright owner has not consented
to the posting. If permission has been given to post
copyrighted materials, the permission should be stated
in the post. For example, "This article has been
reprinted with permission from The New York Times."
8) Replies go to the entire list.
Yes, everyone forgets sometimes. But, if you want to
respond privately to the poster, you will need to
insert their email address into the "to" for the email
and delete the group address.
9) Help reduce the number of messages.
Typically, it is considered bad form to reply to the
entire list with a message that only says "I agree" or
"well said" or "me too." Those types of messages are
best sent only to the author of the message. If you
want to respond to the entire list, then try to add a
reason for your agreement, or some other additional
thought that furthers the discussion.
10) Reread posts before sending.
Since email is in itself a very impersonal type of
communication, in which we are not afforded the
benefit of body language or facial expressions to
judge the intent or tone of the sender, we need to all
be vigilant of our words. Some people use emoticons to
try and add helpful "tone" information.
Regardless, it is helpful to read each message knowing
the sender may have meant something entirely different
from the meaning you ascribe to it. In the same way,
it is always a good idea to re-read you own message
before you send it, to make sure it is conveying your
intended meaning. Sometimes, with
a hot issue, delaying the sending of your response and
re-reading it hours later is a good course of action.
11) Focus your posts and replies.
We are all busy people. To reach the largest
audience, keep your thoughts focused on issues and
positions or you will lose your audience.
12) Chain emails are not permitted.
Check your “urban legends” carefully. [www.snopes.com is a good source]
13) The website/ListServ allows residents to post items for sale or barter at no charge.
Allowable items include most legal items as well as one's own house, vacation rental or rental property, whether For Sale by owner or the offer of one’s home thorough a particular real estate agent. This would also apply if the resident or resident agent is selling their own property.
Messages soliciting the purchase of property from agents and residents should be directed to the commercial advertising section.
Email webmaster@luxmanor.org for information about placement and rates.
LCA does not itself endorse or imply establishments or service providers that are advertised on the site or recommended. Caveat Emptor.
12) Be patient!
Everyone needs to remember that the members of this
list vary in their computer savvy and expertise.
Please be patient and remember all of us make
mistakes, even the most expert!
Finally, the moderators are here to help
you with any problems you may have. Please do not
hesitate to ask for help!
webmaster@luxmanor.org
