[governance] Re: Mailing list guidelines

[Avri Doria]

hi,

The charter does contain some indication of list behavior.

Specifically:

Mailing lists will be run according to netiquette guidelines. One  
guideline reference for IGC netiquette is RFC1855. One useful  
guideline for all list participants is:
Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive. You  
should not send heated message("flames") even if you are provoked. On  
the other hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's  
prudent not to respond to flames..

Some of the specific guidelines that will be enforced include those  
relating to:
*No personal insults
*No spam

Failure to abide by netiquette guidelines may result in suspension or  
removal from the IGC list according to the following process:
The coordinators will first warn a subscriber privately of the problem
If the problem persists the coordinators will notify the subscriber  
publicly on the list of impending suspension from the list. Suspension  
will include only posting rights.
If the problem persists the subscriber's posting rights will be  
suspended for one (1) month.
Once the subscriber's posting rights are restored, any further problem  
will result in another public warning.
If the problem continues to persist after suspension and a second  
public warning, the coordinators will be permitted to either suspend  
the posting rights for three (3) months or to remove the subscriber  
from the list.
Any decision for suspension can be appealed. Any decision to remove  
someone from the list will call for an automatic appeal by the appeals  
team.


On 7 Jul 2009, at 15:02, Ginger Paque wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> This is not an "official" post; although I am a co-coordinator of  
> the IGC, the mailing list moderators are "Avri, cpsr2006, Ian Peter,  
> Parminder Jeet, Vittorio Bertola" (from http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance) 
> .
>
> I could not find any guidelines for our list at either http://www.igcaucus.org/ 
>  or http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance, so, of course, I  
> did an Internet search :o)
>
> I found several specific guidelines that I would like to share:
>
> 3.2. "Remember there are a lot of subscribers on many of our lists.  
> Many of them get a lot of mail and are unhappy when they get a lot  
> of email that doesn't have any relevance to their work on the list.  
> ***Consider whether you really need to share your email with every  
> one of them before you post."*** (http://www.indymedia.ie/ListGuidelines 
> ) [Emphasis Ginger's]
>
> 3.7. "All users are encouraged to send private reminders to  
> contributors who contravene Netiquette rules. It is only if the  
> breaches are persistent that a moderator should be called on to  
> intervene." (http://www.indymedia.ie/ListGuidelines)
>
> --"Do not make debates personal. Avoid "you" and "yours"." (http://sigchi.org/web/guidelines.html 
> )
>
> --"When possible, avoid gender specific address, such as  
> "Gentlemen"". (anonymous)
>
> In case you are interested, I found examples of guidelines at:
>
> http://www.indymedia.ie/ListGuidelines#netiquette
>
> http://www.conscoop.ottawa.on.ca/gpc/gpc_email_list_code_of_conduct_and_moderator_guidelines.html
>
> http://sigchi.org/web/guidelines.html
>
> A short "Guide to professional conduct" from http://sigchi.org/web/guidelines.html
>
>   * Do not make debates personal. Avoid "you" and "yours".
>   * Try to be clear and concise.
>   * Do not imply fault. Misunderstandings occur frequently; work to
>     resolve them without apportioning blame.
>   * Accept that having a different opinion does not make anyone  
> "wrong".
>   * Do not present opinions as fact.
>   * Give some attention to accepted standards of spelling, grammar and
>     punctuation.
>   * Do not be dismissive.
>   * Say that you agree (when you do) even if only partially.
>   * Consider whether what you have said could be misinterpreted.
>   * Try not to "fight to win". The purpose of the debate is to
>     exchange ideas, not to score points or demonstrate inadequacies.
>
> Regards,
> Ginger
>
>
>
>

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