Tibetan Spaniel Global Village Rules & Guidelines
Please read the entire document before your first post to the list, as it explains the list policies and contains a few words about the topics allowed.
Once you've read and understand the Village policies, we hope that you will join us.
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List Rules & Guidelines
In order to keep the list a useful and annoyance-free place for everyone,
there are a few policies to observe. These policies are intended to make
the lives of everyone on the list easier, including you, so please take
them to heart.
- Please use the Unsubscribe interface in your e-mail or go to Yahoo! Groups to leave the Village. Don't make the whole list sad over your departure by mailing them about it.
- Do not crosspost between lists. Do not send a single message to multiple lists. That holds true for any mailing list, not just this one.
- Trim your replies. Think about cutting down on the quoted text from messages that you are replying to. The list members can look at the message to which you responded, or check the archive.
- Use a signature file. At the very minimum, the signature at the end of your e-mail message should contain your name (first and last) and your e-mail address. You may also choose to include your City, State/Province & Country as well as your web site.
- While we're interested in announcements of new Tibbie books and products or personal web site updates, don't send advertisements to the list. In other words, a one-time announcement like "I just published a new book called Tibbies for the Terminally Clueless" is okay, but "Buy my book at 30% off and get a free back massager!" is not.
- We encourage discussion and debate, and don't mind if it gets a bit heated. However, this does not mean you can flame other list members. If you think someone's flaming you or being needlessly offensive, take it up with them in private e-mail. If they get abusive, discuss it with the list administrator(s). Don't take it onto the list. Persistent flame wars will be extinguished by the cool waters of unsubscription. Persistent flamers will be shown the door. Regardless of how long you've been online, I highly recommend a reading of the following: <http://madman.weblogs.com/2002/01/22>.
- If you're asking for help with a problem, then remember this: A description of your problem is good. Try not to offend other list members, or to feel offended by them. See the section below titled "Offensensitivity" for more.
- If you post from an address other than the one you subscribed, your message will get caught in our spam filters. Send messages from your subscription address.
- If your address starts bouncing, you will be removed from the list. You will not be notified of this, as we don't keep a list of secondary addresses. It's your responsibility to resubscribe once the problem with your address has been fixed. "Bouncing" includes vacation autoresponders that e-mail the list.
- People who violate the goodwill of the list community will
be unsubscribed with extreme prejudice. Not to mention haste.
How to Send a Message to the Village
Once you have joined and been approved, you can send a message to the Village. Be sure to change the subject line to reflect your topic.
To Read and Post Online go to: Yahoo! Groups
Message Content
When posting to the TSGV, remember that your message will be sent to people all over the world. They all have likes and dislikes as individual as your own. They will also be offended by certain things which you may not find remarkable. While you can't foresee every potential area of conflict, there are certain guidelines that are fairly obvious: avoid swearing, cultural insults, blasphemy, religion and politics. Generally speaking, if you wouldn't say it out loud in front of your grandmother while in a place of worship, then you probably shouldn't say it on the list either.
At the same time, recognize that you are receiving messages from people all over the world. They all have likes and dislikes as individual as your own. They will also not find remarkable certain things by which you may be offended. Odds are that they probably didn't set out to offend you on purpose, so try taking a deep breath and counting to a nice high number if you feel a rising sense of offense. If, after this calming break, you still feel you must say something, e-mail the poster directly (and not on the list) to explain your feelings calmly, reasonably, and above all clearly without attacking them. They may be unaware of the effect of their words, so this is your chance to educate them. If you just slag them for being "insensitive," you may get flamed in return and create a resolve to keep offending you just for being so uptight and irrational (from their point of view).
Above all, remember that other people are about as likely to change their basic natures and habits as you are to change yours. You may at some point have to make a choice between tolerating other people's views and participating in the list. Please make this choice privately, and follow through quietly. Thank you.
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